Independence Day is on Wednesday, 15 August 2012.
After the independence movement led by the noted achieved. the partition of India British Indian Empire along religious lines coincided with the independence of the two new nations, the Dominion of India (later Republic of India) and Pakistan (later Islamic Republic of Pakistan) Dominion was divided, the division Thasanpradayik plagued with violent riots.
Independence Day is a national holiday in India.