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THE '76TH OR 77TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE' CONFUSION PUT TO REST: INDEPENDENCE DAY
2023

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India, on 15th August 1947, claimed liberation from 200-year-long colonial rule
and got instated as a sovereign nation.

India Flag Waving on a Pole. | Representative Image
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Updated: 11 Aug 2023 1:26 pm

India gained independence from a 200-year-long British rule on 15th August in
1947. Ever-since, an independent India is painted in the tricolour of pride,
sacrifice and exuberance as it commemorates its Independence, every year on the
15th of August. 

On this day, India’s freedom struggle transcends the confines of school
textbooks and performances, as it permeates through the countless forged
boundaries of class, caste, religion, gender etc. The sight of- Indian flags for
sale at every crossing, shops inundated with tricoloured kites and apparel and a
tricoloured-lit India Gate, instills hope for a sovereign, secular and
democratic India- oftentimes, fundamentally present but operationally absent. 



Now to put to rest the customary confusion over year of completion, if we
consider -15th August,1947 as the first mark of Independence, and hence the
first Independence Day, 15th August 2023 will technically amount to 77th year of
Independence. However, if we counted 15th August 1948, as the first anniversary
since Independence in 1947, India would be celebrating its 76th Independence
Day. 

To conclude, this year India would be completing 76 years of Independence, and
be commencing onto its 77th year of Independence. The theme for 2023’s
Independence Day celebration is “Nation first, Always first” as a part of the
broader “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebration. The government has also decided
to put in place a number of programmes to acknowledge the nation's wide
diversity of culture.


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