Independence Day.Honorable Chief Guest of the day, distinguished guests for the occasion,teachers, parents and all my dear

friends wish you very very Happy Independence Day.

As you know all of us have gathered here to celebrate 67th independence day   of our nation. This day, after

the hosting national flag, we salute and remember the heroic deeds of all freedom fighters. As a citizen of

India, I feel so proud to give  a speech on Independence Day   and share some of my views with you all. On

the night of August 14, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a speech on Independence day in

New Delhi, When the world sleeps, India will wake to life and freedom. India became free from the British

rule. Now, India is the largest democratic country in the world. The countrys strength is to find, Unity in

diversity. But, there are stray incidents that test her secularism but the people of India are ready to sacrifice

anything for the cause of unity.

My dear friends,We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India. We were able to breathe the

fresh free air since our birth. If at all we want to know the pangs of agony of being slaves under a foreign

rule, we must ask our elders born before 1947. It was indeed a Himalayan task for every Indian those days

to fight against those powerful giants the British rulers. We must not allow those hard times and struggles

fade away from our memories.Hence it is befitting for us to celebrate such National festivals and recall

those heroic deeds of our National heroes. We remember them today.

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge,

not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the 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, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed,

finds utterance. We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again.

Today we remember the great leaders who gave their lives for the nations freedom and prosperity. Dr.

B.R.Ambedkar gave the longest written constitution to us. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru worked for an

Industrialized India. Gandhi ji taught us Ahimsa and Non-violence. Subhash Chandra Bose inducted

courage in us. Swami Vivekanand gave us spiritual power. But its not good to remember the heroic deeds

of only few main leaders of freedom fight because the freedom fighting was collective effort. Without

cooperation, sacrifice and involvement of all Indians it was impossible to get the freedom.So people of

India were the real national heroes behind the success. We should express our sincere gratitude to all those

who participated in the freedom struggle. This can only be done by defending our freedom like our

ancestral property which cannot be valued.

Well at the end we must take an oath that let us do our duty of preparing ourselves to be well-educated

citizens of tomorrow. Let us do our duty sincerely and do work hard to achieve a goal. Today we require

youngsters with lot of knowledge and energy. Illiteracy is the first enemy for a democratic nation. Let us

get rid of illiteracy and take India to a bright future.

Jai Hind