79th Independence Day: Top 10 Quotes from Heroes Who Envisioned a ‘Free India’

On the night of August 15, 1947, 'Bharat' finally saw the light of freedom and got its independence from 200 years of British rule. Every year, India celebrates this day to honor and remember the courageous freedom fighters and leaders of pre-independence struggle.

Freedom fighters and leaders like Mahatma Gandhi (known to be the 'Father of The Nation'), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose, 'Shaheed-e-Azam' Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, BR Ambedkar are only a handful of names among hundreds of nation's sons who lived and died for the country.

These leaders were nothing short of superheroes. They didn't have any super-suits or mysterious weapons but they were filled with faith, strength, patriotism, and a vision of free India. The stories of their courage and valor send shivers down the spine till date. They are the reason why we walk, eat and live freely today. 

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This year will mark the 79th year of  free nation, and just like the previous ones, citizens from all over India will participate in various activities. Schools will hold functions, communities will hold their festivities, the red Fort will be decorated with chants of a 'free' and 'powerful' country. But most importantly, the entire nation will host the national flag, 'Tiranga'. 

Top 10 quotes by Indian Freedom Fighters:

1. Mahatma Gandhi: 'Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves'.
2. Bhagat Singh: 'The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas'.
3. BR Ambedkar: 'constitution is not a mere lawyer's document, it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of age'.
4. Lala Lajpat Rai: 'Freedom is not given, it is taken. Fight for your rights'.
5. Subhas Chandra Bose: 'One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives'.
6. Chandra Shekhar Azad: 'Don't see others doing better than you, beat your records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself'.
7. Annie Besant: 'Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act'.
8. Sarojini Naidu: 'A country's greatness lies in its undying ideal of love and sacrifice that inspires the mothers of the race'.
9. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 'Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country, but with certain duties'.
10. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya: 'A nation can rise only when its people are educated'.

Few words left a great impact, which is visible until today. Every single kid and adult is embodied with the ideas and morals, these great leader taught as they sacrificed their lives for the nation. 

We salute them, we miss them, we love them.