Independence Day of India (August 15) is a Time to Remember the Values of Its Freedom Movement | Bharat Dogra

When India achieved independence in 1947 from two centuries of British rule, the country had to recover from the disastrous impacts of two centuries of many-sided colonial exploitation and plunder. Worse, to ensure the continuation of this plunder, the colonial rulers had tried at every opportunity to divide the people of India against each other. In the last decade of their rule, the colonial regime unleashed horrible repression against freedom fighters, imprisoning the most respected leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Badshah Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru while facilitating those who created divisions among people. While using Indian soldiers and resources as fodder in the war effort, they were killing and imprisoning freedom fighters in huge numbers. Their inhumanity resulted in the Great Bengal Famine and other disasters killing millions of people, while millions more were killed and displaced in the country