Credits- Emirates Happy Independence Day to all my brothers and sisters of this great country that we call India. As India enters her 70'th year of Independence, let us take a movement to look back at the path taken by this great country to reach where she has reached today, a colossal power spreading it's influence around the world, an emerging power house. Let us briefly take a look at the history of over 70 years that made India what it is today. First Independence Day Celebrations ( Credits- Google Image, Author) The history of the Republic of India begins on 26 January 1950. The country became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Concurrently the Muslim-majority northwest and east of British India was separated into the Dominion of Pakistan, by the partition of India. The partition led to a population transfer of more than 10 million people between India and Pakistan and the death of about one million people. Indian