India becomes independent of British rule 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1947)


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(Friday, August 15, 1947, 10:30 a.m. IST)India became an independent country today as Jawaharlal Nehru became the nation’s first prime minister and participated in the official raising of the Indian flag in New Delhi’s War Memorial Square in front of half a million people.


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