A monument. A flag. And chaos. The farmer protest is not the only one Delhi’s iconic Red Fort has seen. Here’s its story…
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00:00Units of India's three defence services marching onto the parade ground at Delhi's historic Red Fort.
02:00Two hundred years ago, on this day, a door of the old Delhi city was opened for the revolutionary soldiers of Meerut.
03:31And now, the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge.
03:37At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.
03:49The people of the subcontinent of India had been promised a certain degree of self-rule by the British.
03:55Finally, on August 15th, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru represented India's millions at the ceremony in which Britain's Lord Mountbatten presented India her sovereignty.
04:25For more information visit www.dfid.gov.in