Do you know first Prime Minister of India Mr. Jawahar lal Nehru’s “Tryst with destiny” speech at the Constituent Assembly of India towards the midnight of 14th August 1947? “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, then an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity….”
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:24:25 +0000
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