GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’?
A
Lord Mountbatten
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
Bill Gates
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

Detailed explanation-2: -Significance Of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Speech: It represents the triumphant climax of the Indian independence movement against British colonial control in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The light has gone out of our lives is a speech that was delivered ex tempore by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on January 30, 1948, following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi earlier that evening.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Tryst with Destiny” was an English-language speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House, on the eve of India’s Independence, towards midnight on 14 August 1947.

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