SPEECH 1

Honorable Chief Guest of the day, distinguished guests for the occasion,teac
hers, parents and all my dear friends wish you very very Happy Independence Day.
As you know all of us have gathered here to celebrate 67th independence day
of our nation. This day, after the hosting national flag, we salute and remember
the heroic deeds of all freedom fighters. As a citizen of India, I feel so prou
d to give a speech on Independence Day and share some of my views with you all.
On the night of August 14, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a speech o
n Independence day in New Delhi, When the world sleeps, India will wake to life a
nd freedom. India became free from the British rule. Now, India is the largest de
mocratic country in the world. The country s strength is to find, Unity in diversit
y . But, there are stray incidents that test her secularism but the people of Indi
a are ready to sacrifice anything for the cause of unity.
My dear friends,We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India.
We were able to breathe the fresh free air since our birth. If at all we want to
know the pangs of agony of being slaves under a foreign rule, we must ask our e
lders born before 1947. It was indeed a Himalayan task for every Indian those da
ys to fight against those powerful giants
the British rulers. We must not allow
those hard times and struggles fade away from our memories.Hence it is befitting
for us to celebrate such National festivals and recall those heroic deeds of ou
r National heroes. We remember them today.
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we
will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. A
t the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to li
fe and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step
out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, lon
g suppressed, finds utterance . We end today a period of ill fortune, and India di
scovers herself again.
Today we remember the great leaders who gave their lives for the nation s free
dom and prosperity. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar gave the longest written constitution to us
. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru worked for an Industrialized India. Gandhi ji taught u
s Ahimsa and Non-violence. Subhash Chandra Bose inducted courage in us. Swami Vi
vekanand gave us spiritual power. But its not good to remember the heroic deeds
of only few main leaders of freedom fight because the freedom fighting was colle
ctive effort. Without cooperation, sacrifice and involvement of all Indians it w
as impossible to get the freedom. So people of India were the real national heroe
s behind the success. We should express our sincere gratitude to all those who p
articipated in the freedom struggle. This can only be done by defending our free
dom like our ancestral property which cannot be valued.
But the questions arises How to defend?
We know that Single person cannot defend it; again group effort is essential
, it is nothing but unity.
But again How to form this unity?
We should always remember that only patriotism can form unity irrespective o
f religion, language, caste, customs and traditions. So having patriotism only c
an save the freedom of our nation.
To keep faith in secularism
No compromise must be with patriotism,
Punish the forces that support terrorism
Else one bad day we will loose our freedom.
Well at the end we must take an oath that let us do our duty of preparing ou
rselves to be well-educated citizens of tomorrow. Let us do our duty sincerely a
nd do work hard to achieve a goal. Today we require youngsters with lot of knowl
edge and energy. Illiteracy is the first enemy for a democratic nation. Let us g
et rid of illiteracy and take India to a bright future.

Jai Hind

Jai Bharat..!!!!

SPEECH 2
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shal
l redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At t
he stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life
and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out
from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long
suppressed, finds utterance.
It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the
service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity with
some pride
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centur
ies which are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her f
ailures. Through good and ill fortunes alike she has never lost sight of that qu
est or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of il
l fortunes and India discovers herself again.
The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to
the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wis
e enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?
Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon this assem
bly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the bir
th of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy w
ith the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now. Neverthele
ss, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.
That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we m
ight fulfill the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today.
The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the
ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity.
The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear f
rom every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and sufferi
ng, so long our work will not be over.
And so we have to labour and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our drea
ms. Those dreams are for India, but they are also for the world, for all the nat
ions and peoples are too closely knit together today for anyone of them to imagi
ne that it can live apart.
Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and
so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated
fragments.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, we make an appeal to join
us with faith and confidence in this great adventure. This is no time for petty
and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to bu
ild the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell.
The appointed day has come - the day appointed by destiny - and India stands for
th again, after long slumber and struggle, awake, vital, free and independent. T
he past clings on to us still in some measure and we have to do much before we r
edeem the pledges we have so often taken. Yet the turning point is past, and his
tory begins anew for us, the history which we shall live and act and others will
write about.

It is a fateful moment for us in India, for all Asia and for the world. A new st
ar rises, the star of freedom in the east, a new hope comes into being, a vision
long cherished materialises. May the star never set and that hope never be betr
ayed!
We rejoice in that freedom, even though clouds surround us, and many of our peop
le are sorrow-stricken and difficult problems encompass us. But freedom brings r
esponsibilities and burdens and we have to face them in the spirit of a free and
disciplined people.
On this day our first thoughts go to the architect of this freedom, the father o
f our nation, who, embodying the old spirit of India, held aloft the torch of fr
eedom and lighted up the darkness that surrounded us.
We have often been unworthy followers of his and have strayed from his message,
but not only we but succeeding generations will remember this message and bear t
he imprint in their hearts of this great son of India, magnificent in his faith
and strength and courage and humility. We shall never allow that torch of freedo
m to be blown out, however high the wind or stormy the tempest.
Our next thoughts must be of the unknown volunteers and soldiers of freedom who,
without praise or reward, have served India even unto death.
We think also of our brothers and sisters who have been cut off from us by polit
ical boundaries and who unhappily cannot share at present in the freedom that ha
s come. They are of us and will remain of us whatever may happen, and we shall b
e sharers in their good and ill fortune alike.
The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To b
ring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of I
ndia; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prospero
us, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and politi
cal institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and
woman.
We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem ou
r pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended the
m to be.
We are citizens of a great country, on the verge of bold advance, and we have to
live up to that high standard. All of us, to whatever religion we may belong, a
re equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and obligations.
We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great
whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the nations and peoples of the world we send greetings and pledge ourselves t
o cooperate with them in furthering peace, freedom and democracy.
And to India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-n
ew, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service. Jai
Hind