With the Independence Day just round the corner, let’s bring in some memoirs of the freedom movement.

History lays down the fact that we were the pioneers in civilization, land of the royals, with immense wealth and abundant resources.  It would have envied anyone who travelled to our country.  It was a golden era.

India did attract many troops.  Invaders wanted to carry our wealth, trade with our resources and all these had consequences.

Pre Independence years witnessed lots of struggle.  Many battles fought, many sacrifices made.  Many rebelled British invasion - Pazhassi Raja,  Veerapandiya Kattabomman,  Bakshi Jagabandhu.  Many organized movements were on the rise - Indian National Congress,  Indian National Association,  Arya Samaj,  Brahmo Samaj,  Swami Vivekananda,  Ramakrishna Paramhansa,  Sri Aurobindo, V. O. Chidambaram Pillai,  Subramanya Bharathy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Rabindranath Tagore, Dadabhai Naoroji and Sister Nivedita, spread the passion for rejuvenation and freedom. 

The Independence struggle gathered momentum with - Non-cooperation movements, Purna Swaraj, Dandi March and Civil Disobedience.  Prominent activists lead the struggle – Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to name a few.

Finally the Quit India Movement was launched on 8^th August 1942 in response to Gandhi's call for immediate independence of India and against sending Indians to World War II.

Finally Indian Independence Day was decided by the last Viceroy and first Governor General of India - Louis Mountbatten. He Chose August 15 since it was the same day that Japan surrendered in 1945 at the end of World War II.