Interesting facts about Independent India that you don't know

"Interesting facts about Independent India"

1. India became independent on july 18,1947, Lord Mountbatten declared 15th August as the date of Independence.
2. Our country got its name 'India' from the river Indus, a place which was a home to the country's first inhabitants. 
3. India had no national anthem when it became an independent country on 15th August,1947.
4. The National flag was first hoisted at the Parsee Bagan square in calcutta on August 7,1906.
5. In August 1906 : The flag had three horizontal strips of red,yellow and green color.
6. Mahatma Gnadhi was absent from the celebration of the country;s first Independence day.
7. The plan of Partition was declared on June 3,1947, it was executed on August 14,1947, the date on which Pakistan was formed.
8. No country had ever been invaded by India in the last thousand centuries of its history.
9. India is known as Bharat Ganarajya in Sanskrit.  
10. The price of 10 grams og gold was Rs 88.62 at the time of independence