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FREEDOM MOVEMENT
Eternal India
encyclopedia
The Midnight Session
of the Constituent
Assembly
14-15 August, 1947
“At the stroke of the midnight
hour, when the world sleeps,
INDIA will awake to life and
FREEDOM”,
so said Jawaharlal
Nehru in his memorable
“Tryst
with Destiny
” speech. In the early
hours of Aug 15, the members of
the constituent assembly took the
pledge to dedicate themselves
“To
the service of India and her people
to the end that this ancient land
attain her rightful place in the
world...”
“On the appointed day”
as Nehru put it - India rose again,
“After long slumber and struggle,
awake, vital, free and independ-
ent.”
Jawaharlal Nehru delivering the Historic "Tryst with Destiny" speech - C. A.
THE TRYST WITH DESTINY
Lord Mountbatten was invited to become the first Governor-General of Independent India. A new cabinet, with
Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister, was sworn in at a colourful ceremony held in the Constituent Assembly. With this
event began a new chapter in the history of India -
The Chapter of Independent Nationhood.