{"id":32419,"date":"2025-03-07T21:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/?p=32419"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:21:34","slug":"facts-about-indian-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/facts-about-indian-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Important Facts About Indian Independence That You Must Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian Independence Day is celebrated on 15th August. This year, on August 15, 2025, India celebrates its 78th Independence Day. The country had been ruled by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, before which the British formed the East Indian Company that existed from 1757 to 1857. The first major uprising against British rule occurred in 1857 which is famously called the Indian Rebellion of 1857, after which the British hold on the Indian subcontinent grew stronger than before. Several freedom fighters immersed themselves in the Indian Independence Movement and fought the British bravely, and ousted them forever on 15th August 1947. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several events that are closely associated with Independence Day. 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1909 \/ night<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"submit\"><button class=\"submit-book-now\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/hotels-in-bangalore\/treebo-global-stay-uttarahalli-uttarahalli-hobli-3740\/?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=facts-about-indian-independence-day_hotel_listing_widget', '_blank')\">Book Now<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hotel_card_div hotel_card_div_city\"><div class=\"hotel_city_h4\">View All <a class=\"card-view-hotel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/hotels-in-bangalore\/?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=facts-about-indian-independence-day_city_listing_widget\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels In Bangalore<\/a><\/div><hr><div class=\"container_upper\"><div class=\"icon-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-element\/assets\/images\/Comfortable_rooms.svg\" class=\"facility_icon\" alt=\"Comfortable rooms\"><h6>Comfortable rooms<\/h6><\/div><div class=\"icon-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-element\/\/assets\/images\/Clean_Bathrooms.svg\" class=\"facility_icon\" alt=\"hotel_image\"><h6>Clean Bathrooms<\/h6><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container_lower\"><div class=\"icon-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-element\/\/assets\/images\/Friendly_Staff.svg\" class=\"facility_icon\" alt=\"hotel_image\"><h6>Friendly Staff<\/h6><\/div><div class=\"icon-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-element\/\/assets\/images\/Free_Breakfast.svg\" class=\"facility_icon\" alt=\"hotel_image\"><h6>Free Breakfast<\/h6><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10 Interesting Indian Independence Facts<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Indian National Anthem adopted only in 1950<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jan-Gan-Man.jpeg\" alt=\"National anthem of India\" class=\"wp-image-32420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jan-Gan-Man.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jan-Gan-Man-300x143.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>National anthem of India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of independence, India did not have an official national anthem. The song <em>Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata<\/em> composed in 1911 by Rabindranath Tagore, was renamed as &#8216;Jan Gan Man&#8217; and adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the national anthem on 24th January 1950. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. The Indian Flag Was First Hoisted in 1906<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Indian-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Indian flag - Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Indian-flag.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Indian-flag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Indian-flag-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Indian-flag-740x493.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption>Indian flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian national flag with 3 horizontal stripes of red, yellow and green was hoisted on 7th August 1906 at Parsee Bagan Square, Kolkata. The first variant of our current national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya in 1921. The current flag with saffron, white and green stripes with the 24-spoke Ashok Chakra was officially adopted on 22nd July 1947 and hoisted on 15th August 1947.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Lord Mountbatten Chose 15th August as Indian Independence Day<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-1346x2048.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-768x1169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-1500x2283.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-740x1126.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lord_Mountbatten_Navy_Allan_Warren-scaled.jpg 1682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption>Lord Mountbatten<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the Indian Independence Act was approved on 18 July 1947, Lord Mountbatten chose 15th August as the date of Indian independence as it coincided with the date of Japan\u2019s surrendering to the Allied Forces after World War II.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Our National Song \u2018Vande Mataram\u2019 Was Part of a Novel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vande-Mataram.jpg\" alt=\"Vande Mataram - National song of India - Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vande-Mataram.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vande-Mataram-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vande-Mataram-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vande-Mataram-740x543.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption>Vande Mataram &#8211; National song of India <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The national song \u2018Vande Mataram\u2019 composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was indeed part of his novel <em>Anandamath<\/em> written in the 1880s. This song was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896. <em>Vande Mataram<\/em> was adopted as the national song on 24 January 1950.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. The Radcliffe Line Was Officially Published on 17th August 1947<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radcliffe-Line.png\" alt=\"Radcliffe Line - drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe - Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radcliffe-Line.png 609w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radcliffe-Line-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radcliffe-Line-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption>Radcliffe Line &#8211; drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Radcliffe Line, the demarcation line drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe to depict the Pakistani and Indian portions of Punjab and Bengal was completed on 3rd August 1947. But it was officially published only on 17th August 1947, 2 days after India got her independence from the British.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Rabindranath Tagore Penned the National Anthem of Bangladesh <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rabindranath-Tagore.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rabindranath-Tagore.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rabindranath-Tagore-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><figcaption>Rabindranath Tagore<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Amar Sonar Bangla\u2019 was written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The first 10 lines of this song was adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh in 1971, during its liberation war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. M Karunanidhi Wrote to the PM Asking CMs to Unfurl the Flag on Independence Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Karunanidhi.jpg\" alt=\"M Karunanidhi - Late DMK President and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Karunanidhi.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Karunanidhi-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption>M Karunanidhi &#8211; Late DMK President and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Until 1973, the Governors of the respective states unfurled the national flag on Independence Day. The Chief Ministers of the respective states commenced unfurling the Indian flag only from 1974. Tamil Nadu\u2019s Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, played a major role in initiating this tradition. He wrote a letter to the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, highlighting the different practice followed in Delhi. This suggestion was accepted by the Central government.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. 5 More Countries Celebrate Independence Day on 15th August<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from India, 5 other countries celebrate Independence Day on 15th August. These include &nbsp;North Korea, South Korea, Republic of Congo, Bahrain and Liechtenstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. Goa Was the Last State to Join the Indian Territory in 1961<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after India attained independence on 15th August 1947, Goa remained under Portuguese control. It was annexed to India by the Indian troops only in 1961. Thus, Goa was the last state to join the Indian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10. The Indian Flag Is Manufactured at only One Place in India<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.treebo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KKGSS.jpg\" alt=\"Karnataka Khadi Gramodyog Samyukta Sangh - Indian Independence\" class=\"wp-image-32429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KKGSS.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KKGSS-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Karnataka Khadi Gramodyog Samyukta Sangh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian flag is manufactured and supplied from only one place in the country. The Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS), located in Dharwad, Karnataka, has the authority to manufacture and supply the Indian flag. According to the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national flag is manufactured only with hand-spun and handwoven cotton khadi bunting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the 10 interesting and lesser-known facts related to Indian Independence Day. Hope you enjoyed reading! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may also like <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/historical-places-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">10 Fascinating Historical Places in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treebo.com\/blog\/national-festivals-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">National Festivals of India That You Must Experience<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Independence Day is celebrated on 15th August. This year, on August 15, 2025, India celebrates its 78th Independence Day. The country had been ruled by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, before which the British formed the East Indian Company that existed from 1757 to 1857. 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