GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who delivered the first Indian Independence day speech?
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Motilal Nehru
C
DR. Ambedkar
D
Jawaharlal Nehru
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"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. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended Indian history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Congress general secretary, Communications, Jairam Ramesh also shared Nehru’s handwritten draft of his famous first Independence day speech. As India celebrated its 75 years of independence, Congress, at the stroke of midnight, shared the iconic ‘tryst with destiny’ speech by first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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.

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