feb 13, 1947 - 1947 – End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan. And India welcomed its new dawn with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous words – “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom…”
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feb 13, 1947
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~ 78 years ago