How Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah and Faiz Spent India's First Independence Day

August 15, 1947 was experienced in strikingly different ways by the key figures of the independence era. While Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his iconic midnight address in New Delhi, Mahatma Gandhi was in Noakhali, far from the celebrations. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, as the new nation of Pakistan came into being, was hosting a lunch even as many observed fasts marking the partition. Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz also marked the historic day in his own distinct manner. The contrasting activities of these figures reflect how differently independence and its accompanying tragedy were felt across the subcontinent.
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