Google marks 70th Independence Day with special doodle

Google paid tribute to India's 70th Independence Day with special doodle depicting, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru's iconic speech in the Parliament House before the Indian Constituent Assembly.

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Doodle courtesy/Google.com

Introducing free nation of India to the world on this day, Nehru delivered these famous words, "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now that time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of today's midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom."

According to Google, his speech marked the culmination of the Indian independence movement, which was in motion for nearly a century. "Tryst with Destiny" was the climax; the power of nonviolence had, in the end, freed India.

The Indian independence Movement spanned a total of 190 years (1757-1947). India became a sovereign and democratic nation on 12:02 am, 15th August, 1947, which has been observed as Independence Day since then owing to the end of the British regime over the country. On that 15 August, both Pakistan (whose partition from India was announced by Viscount Louis Mountbatten, on 3rd June 1947) and India had the right to remain in or remove themselves from the British Commonwealth, but the latter decided to remain the commonwealth in 1949.