Celebrate 78th Independence Day: 45+ Inspirational quotes and powerful slogans by Indian freedom fighters

Today, August 15, India celebrates its 78th Independence Day with great enthusiasm and energy nationwide. This day marks the end of more than 200 years of British rule and remembers the sacrifices of those who fought for India's freedom.

Let’s celebrate our freedom by sharing inspiring quotes and powerful slogans from our freedom fighters with friends, family, and colleagues. These messages reflect the unity and pride of India's journey to independence.

Inspiring quotes by Indian freedom fighters

• "Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azaadi doonga- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai, dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai - Ramprasad Bismil
• "It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength." - Subhash Chandra Bose
• "Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?" - Mahatma Gandhi
• "There is no power on earth which can keep India in bondage. India will be free." - Subhash Chandra Bose
• Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it- Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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• "Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties." - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
• Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper- Swami Vivekananda.
• It is easy to kill individuals, but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled, while the ideas survived-? Bhagat Singh.
• "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." - Jawaharlal Nehru
• "Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper." - Swami Vivekananda.
• Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas-? Bhagat Singh
• "Satyamev Jayate." - Madan Mohan Malviya

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• "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." - Jawaharlal Nehru
• "One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives." - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India- Lala Lajpat Rai
• "Who lives if India dies?" - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
• "You can chain me, you can destroy me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind." - Mahatma Gandhi.

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• If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland-? Chandra Shekhar Azad
• "Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act." -Annie Besant.
• "Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, Azad hee rahenge" - Chandra Shekhar Azad.
• At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
• "Constitution is not a mere lawyer's document; it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of age." - BR Ambedkar.
• "So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you." - BR Ambedkar.

Powerful slogans by Indian freedom fighters

• "Do or die." - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.” - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?

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• “Jai Jawaan, Jai Kisaan” - Lal Bahadur Shastri
• “Inquilab Zindabad” - Bhagat Singh
• “Vande Mataram” - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
• “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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• “Freedom is not given – it is taken.” - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose?
• “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!” - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• “Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.” - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
• “When a man is in doubt what to do, he goes wherever he happens to be first called.” - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?
• “Satyamev Jayathe” - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

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• “If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.”- Chandra Shekhar Azad
• “Araam Haraam hai” - Jawaharlal Nehru
• “Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.” - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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