Happy Independence day

Happy Independence Day !!

Excerpts from Jawaharlal Nehru's speech :

"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake
to life and freedom. A moment comes which comes rarely in history, when we step
out from the old to the new, when an age ends and the soul of a nation, long
suppressed finds utterance.

"It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication
to India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

"At the dawn of history, India started on her unending quest, and trackless
centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her successes
and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost
sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We
end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again ...

"The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means
the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity.
The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every
tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and
suffering, so long our work will not be over ...

"To the people of India whose representatives we are, we make appeal to join us
with faith and confidence in this great adventure.

"This is no time for petty and destructive criticism,
no time for ill will or blaming others.
We have to build the noble mansion of free India
where all her children may dwell.

To all my friends in India and Abroad wishing you all a very happy Independence day. I saw the Rising yesterday and was so gratefull to see Mangal Pandey the forgotten hero who started the mutiny and thus layed the foundation of Indian INDEPENDENCE, this day is really a tribute to all the great heroes of Independence who layed the foundation due to there sacrificies we enjoy this Independence, and we pray to god that we never abuse our Independence. I am so proud to be an Indian and hope that be born Indian in every birth if rebirth exists.

with best wishes Lilly

happy independence day to each n every member of IF

HAVE A NICE DAY

Indian independence day - Independence Day of India



August 15, commemorates the day in 1947, India's biggest secular celebration, on the anniversary of her independence from British in 1947.

It is celebrated all over the country with meetings & flag-hosting ceremonies.

August 15th is the day on which India gained independence after nearly 200 years of British rule


Vande Mataram ! The National song of India

"Vande maataraM
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram ||




Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM ||



Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale
koti koti bhujai.rdhR^itakharakaravaale
abalaa keno maa eto bale
bahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiM
ripudalavaariNiiM maataraM ||




Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma
tumi hR^idi tumi marma
tvaM hi praaNaaH shariire

Baahute tumi maa shakti
hR^idaye tumi maa bhakti
tomaara i pratimaa gaDi
mandire mandire ||



TvaM hi durgaa dashapraharaNadhaariNii
kamalaa kamaladala vihaariNii
vaaNii vidyaadaayinii namaami tvaaM

Namaami kamalaaM amalaaM atulaaM
SujalaaM suphalaaM maataraM ||




ShyaamalaaM saralaaM susmitaaM bhuushhitaaM
DharaNiiM bharaNiiM maataraM |"


Translation by Shree Aurobindo
Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.

Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.


Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands
When the sword flesh out in the seventy million hands
And seventy million voices roar
Thy dreadful name from shore to shore?
With many strengths who art mighty and stored,
To thee I call Mother and Lord!
Though who savest, arise and save!
To her I cry who ever her foeman drove
Back from plain and Sea
And shook herself free.


Thou art wisdom, thou art law,
Thou art heart, our soul, our breath
Though art love divine, the awe
In our hearts that conquers death.
Thine the strength that nervs the arm,
Thine the beauty, thine the charm.
Every image made divine
In our temples is but thine.



Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen,
With her hands that strike and her
swords of sheen,
Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned,
And the Muse a hundred-toned,
Pure and perfect without peer,
Mother lend thine ear,
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleems,
Dark of hue O candid-fair

In thy soul, with jewelled hair
And thy glorious smile divine,
Lovilest of all earthly lands,
Showering wealth from well-stored hands!
Mother, mother mine!
Mother sweet, I bow to thee,
Mother great and free!

A WISH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM A VERY HAPPY INDEPENDECE DAY!!!!!!!

maya 👏 👏 👏

Happy Independence day to all members on the Forum


Jigle, I loved your post. The explanation in English was nice. Thank you.

Simran

Happy Independence Day

(Thou Art the Ruler of All Minds)
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF INDIA

" Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha
Dravida Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga
Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga
Tubh Shubha Name Jage
Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange
Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata
Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !
Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He "

Translation of The national anthem- Jana Gana Mana In English

Thou are the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India's destiny.

The name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujurat and Maratha. Of the Dravid and Orissa and Bengal.

It Echoes in the hills of Vindhyas and Himalayas, mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganga and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.

They pray for your blessing and sing thy praise. The salvation of all peaople is thy hand, thou dispenser of India's destiny. Victory, Victory, Victory to thee.

Happy Independence Day to all Friends. Vande Mataram ! Jai Hind !

It is the TIME for one of the most important celebration of the year.
TIME to stop, reflect and cherish the moment
TIME each and every Indian will be proud to live.

IF not for the whole year, but as an Indian for the moment…
For today we are here living our lives because of the sacrifice and the resolve
That was part of the struggle for Independence.

It is TIME for INDEPENDENCE DAY

TIME for all of us to join together…Join together to keep the spirit that got us Independence….ALIVE
ALIVE…Amongst each and every one of US…..

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY....... 👏

PS : Lillydi what a touching post😭. Just loved it 👏

and thanks Jingle 😆 for helping me to colour our Tricolour 😳😃

Cheers
Lata 😆

Wish all IF members a HAPPY Independence Day!!!

Mamta

Happy Independance Day! Jai Hind! 👏

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all my friends of the forum.

Lilly, Jingle and Lata thanks to you all for the lovely posts.

Lilly, Lata & Jingu thanks for the nice post. With a heart, full of gratitude for the leaders who gifted us freedom, with the head held high with pride of being Indians, let us wish for peace and prosperity of our Motherland! Happy Independence Day to all of you!

Love & regards,

Mini