這一天也是次大陸兩兄弟印度、巴基斯坦共同慶祝的獨立日。1947年的8月15日的子夜時分,當時還是統一的次大陸的領導人尼赫魯宣布印度人民從此站起來了。他的獨立演講《Tryst with destiny - 命運的約定》,被公認是20世紀最偉大的演講之一。以下視頻是其最膾炙人口的開首一段,他的印度口音我聽着很舒服啊呵呵!也可以看到老印自古在受盡壓迫的年代仍有關愛全人類的精神境界:
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the 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.