Narratives on Birth of India

 Formation of India as a Nation: 

We are nearing 75 years of "Azadi": The narratives of freedom struggle, freedom fighters of various hues, partition et al were a necessity in the earlier years to consolidate our Nationhood. We must now look at the "history' with hindsight of 20/20. 

​The British directly ruled 45% of the Indian Subcontinent administered thru  13 Provincial governments (read State Governments). The British withdrew in Aug 1947, and passed on the sovereignty of these 13 Provinces to two entities called India and Pakistan, albeit partitioning two, namely Punjab and Bengal. Two more nations joined the other independent nations, like Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, Junagarh Jodhpur, Coochbehar and about 550 others on the Indian Subcontinent. 

On these 'bare facts' we need to build new narratives so that the Governance Structures of the successor nations (Seven?) work to ensure a pleasant life journey for their respective Praja. And we 'survive as a Nation t​o celebrate our 150th.