这一天也是次大陆两兄弟印度、巴基斯坦共同庆祝的独立日。1947年的8月15日的子夜时分,当时还是统一的次大陆的领导人尼赫鲁宣布印度人民从此站起来了。他的独立演讲《Tryst with destiny - 命运的约定》,被公认是20世纪最伟大的演讲之一。以下视频是其最脍炙人口的开首一段,他的印度口音我听着很舒服啊呵呵!也可以看到老印自古在受尽压迫的年代仍有关爱全人类的精神境界:
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.