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A moment comes, which comes but rarely

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India arrived at her tryst with destiny 75 years ago, and in his historic speech that midnight, Nehru said that India had never forgotten the ideals that gave her strength. Can we still say the same? Did we stick to the chosen path or did we stray? To find out, Frontline picked the inflection points that have shaped the country after 1947, the moments when a butterfly flapped its wings, the moments that brought us here.

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 ?? ?? AUGUST 16, 1947: After the Declaratio­n of Independen­ce, the National Flag hoisted over the Red Fort in Delhi by Jawaharlal Nehru.
AUGUST 16, 1947: After the Declaratio­n of Independen­ce, the National Flag hoisted over the Red Fort in Delhi by Jawaharlal Nehru.

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