First Independence Day

Indian flag replaced British flag on August 15, 1947 as India got Independence
Mountbatten swears Jawaharlal Nehru  as Prime Minister of India on August 15, 1947.

Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport, he was received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali on March 25, 1947.

After swearing in as the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru gives his first speech holding an Indian flag on August 15, 1947.





Nehru along with Mountbatten on the first Independence Day in Delhi on August 15, 1947.






At the stroke of midnight on August 14, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the new nation through his speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’