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  2. Tryst with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House , on the eve of India's Independence , towards midnight on 14 ...

  3. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Wikipedia

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    Noted for its biting irony and bitter rhetoric, and acute textual analysis of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Christian Bible, the speech is among the most widely known of all of Douglass's writings. [5] Many copies of one section of it, beginning in paragraph 32, have been circulated online. [6]

  4. Independence Day (India) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...

  5. Rigdon's July 4th oration - Wikipedia

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    The second half of the oration was meant as a Mormon "declaration of independence" against "mobocrats" and Anti-Mormon persecution. In his speech, Rigdon declared: In his speech, Rigdon declared: We take God and all the holy angels to witness this day, that we warn all men in the name of Jesus Christ, to come on us no more forever.

  6. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    [25]: 699 John Adams gave a speech in reply to Dickinson, restating the case for an immediate declaration. A vote was taken after a long day of speeches, each colony casting a single vote, as always. The delegation for each colony numbered from two to seven members, and each delegation voted among themselves to determine the colony's vote.

  7. Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech: Full text - AOL

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    On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

  8. Speeches about Indian independence - Wikipedia

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    Although the militant factions of the Independence movement were advocating a complete break from British rule for almost a century, the first call for a non-violent movement led by Mahatma Gandhi was articulated in the aftermath of the failed Cripps' mission in April, 1942. Below is an excerpt of Gandhi's speech advocating complete ...

  9. Israeli Independence Day event in Washington to feature ... - AOL

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar will deliver keynote speeches at the Israeli embassy’s Independence Day reception ...