India Independence Day
India Independence Day is held on August 15. It is celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. 
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Indian National Flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya who was a freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh. The Indian flag was adopted on July 22, 1947, just before India received independence from Britain on August 15, 1947.
Lord Mountbatten Chose 15th August as Indian Independence Day. Although the Indian Independence Act was approved on 18 July 1947, Lord Mountbatten chose 15th August as the date of Indian independence as it coincided with the date of Japan's surrendering to the Allied Forces after World War II.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
National Librarian's Day in India on August 12 (in remembrance of national professor of library science, Dr S R Ranganathan [1892-1972], who had spearheaded library development in India);
Indian Akshay Urja Day in India on August 20
Madras Day on August 22 (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India);
Raksha Bandhan on August 28
National Sports Day in India on August 29
Telugu Language Day in India on August 29
Commemoration of the death of the Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadegh on August 30
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