Talk:Independence Day (India)

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Contents 1 Independence Day (United States) 2 Freedom at Midnight 3 External links 4 Independence day in literature 5 Azadi Mubarak... 6 India Day

[edit] Independence Day (United States)

We may like to have a look at the above page. -- Lost 07:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think that is a good format to follow. We need to include content about the celebrations during the independence day parade et al. The historical stuff should be shortened too.-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}07:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Freedom at Midnight

A very detailed account of events leading to 15th August is given in the book by Dominique Lapierre. It also explains why we became independent on 15th August. If anybody has a copy handy, it may be a great source to cite from -- Lost 07:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Adding some external links for reference. May be moved to main page as seen appropriate by others:

• http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/events/2004/idayparade/
• http://festivals.tajonline.com/independence-day.php -- Lost 07:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Independence day in literature

In my opinion, the Independence day in literature section should be chopped from the article, or its contents should be revamped. Thoughts? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}05:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Revamped. There should be a section on the day in arts, literature, popular imagination, etc. — Ravikiran 10:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Azadi Mubarak...

hey my people... can we have the red fort pic instead of Mantralaya in infobox?? i searched for a good red fort image here.. all looked majorly messed up... nothin with trianga prominent... so added up red fort image under celebration. sumtime back I did hear in news channel about this kite flying actuly started on very day of 1947 Aug 15th in delhi to celbrate Azadi ...will google it... peace~ --Sartaj beary 23:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] India Day

The state of Washington,US recognizes Aug 15th as "India day". Is this worth a mention? http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/Summary.aspx?bill=8674&year=2007 http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Resolutions/8674-India%20day.pdf --Pradeep.V 18:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)