India did not have a national anthem on the day of its independence. The Bengali version of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was written in 1911. But it was adopted as our national anthem only in 1950.
India’s national song “Vande Mataram,” which means “I bow to thee mother," was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882 in his novel “Anandamath.”
Believe it or not, Mahatma Gandhi was not a part of India’s first Independence Day celebration. He was fasting in a protest against the Hindu-Muslim riots that were taking place in Bengal.
South Korea, Republic of Congo, and Liechtenstein share their Independence Day with India.
Goa was a Portuguese state when India became independent. It became a part of the Indian union in 1961.
Hindi is not the national language of India. It was chosen as India’s first official language and was declared so in 1949.
India is known as Bharat Ganarajya in Sanskrit. That is why the country is popularly called Bharat in Hindi.
The official Indian flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya. It initially had a spinning wheel in the middle, later replaced by the "Dharma Chakra," which represents a wheel of law.
Cyril John Radcliffe was given the task of drawing the borders of Independent India. Despite the fact that he had never come to India, he was given this task of division of the country.
The value of £1 to INR in the year 1947 was 13.33.
The price of 10 gram gold was cheaper than that of an air ticket between Delhi and Mumbai in 1947. It cost Rs. 88.62 then as per the Indian post gold coin services. Seven decades later, the cost of 10 gram gold is 300 times more which is almost equal to an economy class air ticket to London.
The cost of milk in 1947 was Rs 0.12 and today a litre of milk costs Rs 45 a litre.
A cinema ticket was Rs 0.30 and today a ticket to the movies costs Rs 250.
