India independence day: 2021 on August 15

India Independence Day 2021 on August 15 marks the 75th year since Indian heroes created a liberated country by defeating the British empire. Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947. On this day the Indian Independence Act 1947 came into effect, transferring legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly. Independence Day, in India, is a national holiday celebrated annually on August 15 . Independence Day marks the end of the British raj in 1947 and the establishment of a free and independent Indian nation. India celebrates its Independence Day on August 15 each year, remembering the day in 1947 when the country gained freedom from British rule after nearly 200 years. Louis Mountbatten, the last British governor-general of India , was authorised to hand over power by June 30, 1948.