Tryst With Destiny
By Jawaharlal Nehru
Address to the Constituent Assembly of India
New Delhi, August 14 and 15, 1947
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny,
and
now the time comes when we shall redeem our
pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very
substantially. At the stroke of the midnight
hour, when
the world sleeps, India will awake to life and
freedom.
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history,
when we step out from the old to the new, when
an
age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long
suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting
that at this
solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication
to
the service of India and her people and to the
still
larger cause of humanity."
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jai Maharaj
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Om Shanti
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