We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future? Jawaharlal Nehru

Saluting India! Where each bud blooms in its true colours Where each day is celebration of unity, harmony and synthesis.

We have believed and we do believe now that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible. Indira Gandhi

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. Mahatma Gandhi

The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of the British rule in India. Lala Lajpat Rai

Let freedom never perish in your hands. - Joseph Addison

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty. - Ho Chi Minh