Speech on Independence Day
Respected Chief Guest, Principal, Teachers, Parents, and my dear friends, Today, it is a great honour for me to talk about our Independence. We are celebrating 70 years of independence. It is with a sense of pride that I can say our great leaders fought hard to achieve independence for India. Two hundred years of British rule, their oppression and injustice came to an end on the midnight of 14th August, 1947. In the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, I quote, "When the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom". Indeed, those fateful words were so true. India achieved freedom, freedom from oppression and freedom from British rule. In these 70 years, we have seen progress of our great country in all spheres of life from agriculture to industry, from planet Earth to outer space. Yes, indeed, India has truly taken giant strides. We are now competing with other countries in all technological innovations and inventions. It rightly has been said that the strength of a country lies in its technical know-how. This knowhow was possible if the population was educated. It is also true that our population is second only to China, but in the educational sphere strides are being taken to achieve cent per cent literacy. And so, dear friends, this is our goal. On the other hand, the last 70 years have also shown famine, droughts, floods, poverty, diseases, spreading corruption, terrorism and discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, etc. This is the negative aspect of freedom. We are a free people, yet we are not free; we are independent, yet we are dependent on the super powers for our well-being. Hence, to conclude, I feel that it is the responsibility of every citizen to rise and make this country strong in all aspects. I do believe that a strong people can make a nation strong. A strong nation can achieve great success. So, let us be one. 'United we stand, divided we fall.'I conclude in the rds of Rabindranath Tagore. "Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action, Into that heaven of freedom my Father:, let my country awake". Thank you.
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