Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru hoisted the first time Indian flag in Delhi at Red Fort 15th August 1947.
There was no actual president of India in July 1969. The president had died in May and a new one was elected in August. In the interim period there were two Acting Presidents. Varahagiri Venkata Giri had been vice-President and was Acting President until the 20th of July. Mohammad Hidayatullah then took over during the election campaign. Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and took office in August 1969.
The Quit India Movement (Hindi: भारत छोड़ो आन्दोलन Bhārat Chodo Āndolan), or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to M K Gandhi's call for immediate independence. The All-India Congress Committee proclaimed a mass protest demanding what Gandhi called "an orderly British withdrawal" from India. The call for determined, but passive resistance appears in his call to Do or Die, issued on 8 August at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay.The British were prepared to act. Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was imprisoned without trial within hours after Gandhi's speech-at least 60,000 people. Most spent the rest of the war in prison and out of contact with the masses. The British had the support of the Viceroy's Council (which had a majority of Indians), of the Muslims, the Communist Party, the princely states, the Imperial and state police, the Indian Army, and the Indian Civil Service. Many Indian businessmen were profiting from heavy wartime spending and did not support Quit India. Many militant students paid more attention to Subhas Chandra Bose, who was in exile and supporting the Axis. The only outside support came from the Americans, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressured Prime Minister Winston Churchill to give in to Indian demands. The Quit India campaign was effectively crushed.The British refused to grant immediate independence, saying it could happen only after the war ended.(courtesy: Wikipedia)
Shrimati Partibha Devisingh Patil was born on the 19 December 1934, in Nadgaon which is in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. She served as the 12th president of India between the period 25 July 2007 and the 25 July 2012.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari has been the vice president of India since August 11, 2007.
The National Park Service was created by an act of the US Congress. The bill was signed by then-president Woodrow Wilson on August 25th of 1916.
Current Vice Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is Mr. P J Kurien [since 21st August 2012]. He belongs to Indian National Congress.
The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The President is elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The current President of India is Ram Nath Kovind.
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru hoisted the first time Indian flag in Delhi at Red Fort 15th August 1947.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was established on August 1, 1916.
Jaiveer Nagar, is an Advocate and a Politician and he resides in Delhi and is working as Spokesman of Delhi Pradesh Congress and he is also member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. Jaiveer Nagar has served as general secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee from 2002 to till date and from 1998 to 2002 as Delhi Youth Congress chief. He was appointed a member of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) in August 2006.
It was selected on Indian Independence Day,15 August,1947
There was an Indian President who was a Malayali.He was K.R.Narayanan(1917-2005).He was also the first Dalit President and the second oldest Indian President after R.Venkatraman(1902-2009). Narayanan became President at the age of 80 in 1997,the Golden Jubilee Year of the Indian Independence.During his retirement in 2002,he was 85.(Born:November 9,1917). He died on August 11,2005 aged 88.
The British occupants to India.India commemorates the nation's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947.India attained independence following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress.
The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
President Johnson asked congress for and received a resolution giving him power to use whatever was necessary to protect U.S. interests in Vietnam on August 7, 1964.
SUBRATA PAUL is present captain of INDIAN FOOTBALL TEAM