India on August 15, Pakistan on August 14: Why is Independence Day in both countries celebrated a day apart?
India attained Independence at midnight on 14 August while Pakistan did earlier on the same day, marking the end of British Rule. Here's what we know about the arrangements of the transfer of power to the two nations.
August 15, 1947 marked India's independence, but Jawaharlal Nehru did not unfurl the national flag at the Red Fort that day. Instead, the iconic flag-raising ceremony took place at Fort St. George in Chennai at dawn, followed by a public hoisting at Princess Park near India Gate in New Delhi. Nehru officially hoisted the tricolour at the Red Fort on August 16, 1947, as per the official records and subsequent statements.
The first flag at the Red Fort symbolizes India's hard-fought freedom and has since become a central element of Independence Day celebrations, with Nehru delivering his historic "Tryst with Destiny" speech from the ramparts of the fort on August 16, 1947.
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