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14 August 1947.
Gandhi walked past burnt Hindu homes in Calcutta. Jinnah and Mountbatten spoke in Karachi. In Srinagar, a Pakistan flag was pulled down from the Post Office. At midnight, Nehru declared India’s entry into a new age.
Freedom arrived with shankh dhwani, Partition, refugees and a warning from Gandhi that if communal hatred continued, the freedom we had won would not survive.
Episode 14 of #Those15Days
#Partition1947 #IndianIndependence #Gandhi #Nehru #Jinnah #AzadHindFauj #IndiaAt78 #History
Gandhi walked past burnt Hindu homes in Calcutta. Jinnah and Mountbatten spoke in Karachi. In Srinagar, a Pakistan flag was pulled down from the Post Office. At midnight, Nehru declared India’s entry into a new age.
Freedom arrived with shankh dhwani, Partition, refugees and a warning from Gandhi that if communal hatred continued, the freedom we had won would not survive.
Episode 14 of #Those15Days
#Partition1947 #IndianIndependence #Gandhi #Nehru #Jinnah #AzadHindFauj #IndiaAt78 #History
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15 August 1947.
Delhi celebrated freedom under the tricolour. At the same time, refugees in Lahore were arriving with stories of killings, and even those bringing food to relief camps were being attacked. Gandhi, in Beliaghata, was writing about the safety of Muslims. One nation. Three realities.
Freedom in Delhi. Fear in Calcutta. Bloodshed in Lahore.
Episode 15 of #Those15Days
#IndependenceDay1947 #Partition1947 #IndianHistory #Gandhi #Nehru #Lahore #SangamTalks
Delhi celebrated freedom under the tricolour. At the same time, refugees in Lahore were arriving with stories of killings, and even those bringing food to relief camps were being attacked. Gandhi, in Beliaghata, was writing about the safety of Muslims. One nation. Three realities.
Freedom in Delhi. Fear in Calcutta. Bloodshed in Lahore.
Episode 15 of #Those15Days
#IndependenceDay1947 #Partition1947 #IndianHistory #Gandhi #Nehru #Lahore #SangamTalks