Sunaina Mali
As a matter of hard reality, we cannot weigh the significance and pricelessness of our freedom from British rule because we have not lived that period of freedom struggle and we have not seen our mother India in painful chains of slavery. It was the time , when Indians were treated as dog , it was the time, when water was more valuable than blood of Indians , it was the time when food was snatched from hungry mouths of Indians , it was the time, when heavy lagan was imposed on poor and starved farmers, it was the time when malnutrited Indians move in rags, it was the time, when Indians were deprived of higher education . It was the time, when Indians were limited to clerical jobs only, it was the time when Kohinoor was snatched from the crown of mother India , it was the time when Britishers robbed of India from all its raw minerals wealth it was the time, when labourers were not properly waged, it was the time when Indians were non judiciously put behind bars and strangulated, it was the time of high conspiracy against Indians and it was a high time of divide and rule over innumerable communities of mother India. Cruelty, injustice and inhumane treatment by Britisher dictators had burnt a gruesome fire in the hearts of Indians and gave a start to freedom struggle of India. Exploited Indians did not calm down and continued their struggle against British Empire , a Empire, whose sun never set. Love for free India and consistency in freedom struggle had left no option for cruel Britishers but to leave India. Our freedom fighters have sacrificed their peace , comfort, money , children and lives for releasing mother India from hateful and impure clutches of Britishers.
Untired struggle and sacrifice of lives of freedom fighters has enabled us to mark our existence as independent nation in this world . It is our independence which has enabled us to raise our GDP from mere 3% in 1947 to 8% in 2022. It is our independence which has enabled farmers to bring green revolution in country in 1965, it is our independence which has enabled us to become 5th largest economy of world, it is our independence which has made India a country with world largest railway network, it is our independence which has enabled us to make our army as 4th largest army in the world, it is our independence which has enabled us to become an atomic power in 1971 , it is only our independence which has enabled us to mark our presence in space ,it is our independence which has enabled us to raise our electric power production from 1362MV in 1947 to 395600MV in 2022, it is our independence which has enabled us to raise our life expectancy from 32years to ,72 years, it is our independence which has enabled us to raise our literacy rate from 12% in 1947 to 74.64% in 2022 and over all it is only our independence which has established India as world largest democracy in the world In the conclusion , I just want to say our country’s freedom is the precious gift given to us by our freedom fighters . let us present a heartfelt gratitude to our freedom fighters on the eve of our 77th independence day.
