THE MAKING OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION However, August 15 was not the first choice to mark India's independence. The story behind the date is interesting in many fields. On 29.12.1929, Jawaharlal Nehru called for a meeting of the INC in Lahore, where the National flag was unfurled, and a call for Purna Swaraj was made (complete self-rule). On that day the Congress set January 26, 1930 as the day of Indian Independence. This was celebrated for 17years straight until the time August 15, 1947 was declared as the day India achieved freedom from the British and celebrated its independence. While August 15 heralded freedom from British oppression for India, it signified something entirely different for the British a triumph that made them a super power in the world. It was World War l, and on August 6 and 9, 1945, American forces dropped nuclear bombs on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two incidents that shook the world. The date January 26 (initially declared as ...