View of Tengales on the River Ganges Benares India Benares is now known as Varanasi T Grant Grant Brothers Photography January 26th 1950 India shakes off British rule The independent republic of India is officially born on the 26th January 1950 after nearly 100 years of British rule A public holiday was declared throughout the country and millions of people have been celebrating with processions and ceremonies to hoist the new flag of India for the first time India had been running her own affairs since the actual transfer of power from British to Indian hands on 15 August 1947
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View of Tengales on the River Ganges Benares India Benares is now known as Varanasi T Grant Grant Brothers Photography January 26th 1950 India shakes off British rule The independent republic of India is officially born on the 26th January 1950 after nearly 100 years of British rule A public holiday was declared throughout the country and millions of people have been celebrating with processions and ceremonies to hoist the new flag of India for the first time India had been running her own affairs since the actual transfer of power from British to Indian hands on 15 August 1947