- Indian Independence Day celebration officially takes place at Red Fort, Delhi.
- When India became independent, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became its first Prime Minister and hoisted the national flag on Red Fort, Delhi.
- At the time of independence of India, gold price was (in 1947) 88.62 Rs/10 grams however now, it is 28,795 Rs/10 grams.
- Indian rupee in 1947 was equal to Re 1 = $1 and currently 61.43/dollar.
- National Anthem is sung after a flag hoisting ceremony.
- Rani Laxmi Bai (Queen of Jhansi) had fought like a tiger against the British rule and sacrificed her life.
- Mahatma Gandhi (also called as the father of nation) led the country through his non-violent movement to get freedom.
- India has never attacked any other country in the last 100000 years of history.
- Bhagat Singh threw a bomb on the British government during meeting for which he was arrested and hung.
- Indian freedom struggle was supported by a Britisher also, named as Dr. Annie Besant who had founded the Home Rule league in India.
- Ashfaqualla Khan was a great freedom fighter who was given a death sentence where he first kissed the noose before getting hanged.
- The rebellion of 1857 was a most prominent freedom movement against Britishers.
- Ignorance of British Government orders was completely initiated in the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1929.
- Dandi March of 1930 was started by Mahatma Gandhi as an Indian independence movement for making own salt against the British rule.
- Quit India Movement was started in 1942 to widespread non-violent struggle all over the India for getting freedom.
- 15th of August is also celebrated as Independence Day in countries like South Korea (got freedom from Japan in 1945), Bahrain (from UK in 1971) and Congo (from France in 1960).
- First cabinet (group of 13 ministers) of India had taken an oath on 15th of August 1947.
- There was no any National Anthem during the time of Independence of India.
- Earlier there was a valley named Indus which became the first inhabitant of India and then it became the reason of origin of name “India”.
- Princely states of India were brought together by the Sardar Vallabhai Patel during the freedom struggle movement of the country.
- “Swaraj is my birthright, and I will have it!” was proclaimed by the Bal Gangadhar Tilak.