5 Shocking facts about India’s Independence | Independence Day Special | Bhavesh Facts

On 15 August 1947, India gained independence from the United Kingdom and, seven decades later, people are still unaware of certain stories that shed new light on what happened at that time. There are shocking truths that add an interesting layer of detail to the tales we’ve heard about the country over the years. Today on the occasion of Independence Day, we present you 5 Shocking facts about India’s Independence. We may think we know everything there is to know about India’s independence… but do we really?

1. Gandhi wanted the Congress party to be disbanded One of the strong names in the political past and present of the country, the Congress party would not have existed today if Mahatma Gandhi was not assassinated. Gandhi actually wanted to dissolve the party after Independence, as he believed that the INC (Indian National Congress) had achieved its aim and outlived its purpose. On the eve of his assassination, he had already drafted a resolution about this.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru wasn’t elected the first Prime Minister Actually, it was Sardar Patel who won the elections with majority votes. Jawaharlal Nehru didn’t want a position that placed him second in command. Since Gandhi was confident in Nehru and his skills in running the nation, he was declared the first Prime Minister of India. The following years saw a confident leader who was even featured in Vogue magazine for his impeccable style.

3. Jammu and Kashmir would have been a part of Pakistan Shocking, but true. Records state that Pakistan sent a group of tribesmen into the state of Jammu and Kashmir to attack and conquer it in 1947. Lord Mountbatten also stated, had Pakistanbeen a little patient, the state would have eventually gone to them. His quote reads: “By sending its irregular troops into the state, Pakistan spoiled the whole thing.”

4. The significance of the date India shares its Independence Day with NorthKorea, South Korea, Bahrain, and Republic of the Congo. Also, 15 August was chosen as the day of Independence for India by Louis Mountbatten – the last Viceroy of India. He picked the particular date because it was the same date in 1945 that Japan had surrendered to the Allied Forces at the end of World WarII.

5. A note about the revolutionaries Indian socialist and revolutionary BhagatSingh was a great thinker and philosopher and spoke English, French, Swedish, and Arabic fluently. Some people believe that Mahatma Gandhi could have stopped Bhagat Singh’s hanging, after Singh committed acts of violence against the British, in the pursuit of freedom. The famous slogan Inquilab Zindabad (‘long live the revolution’) was raised by Batukeshwar Dutt, an Indian revolutionary who was beside Bharat Singh during the bombing of the Legislative Assembly in Delhi on 8 April 1929. Many revolutionaries lost their lives in the struggle for freedom from British rule – they raised a noise that turned into a movement, the spirit of which is celebrated every year since on 15 August.

So, these were the 5 Shocking facts about India's Independence you should know about. From all of us at Bhavesh Facts, we wish you all a very Happy Independence Day. Beyond all the flaws, India is still a great country and we should always be proud of it.

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