79th or 80th? The debate returns every August.
Maybe the better question is this: after nearly eight decades of Independence, are we truly independent in our thinking, institutions, and choices?

India’s Viksit Bharat ambition is built around becoming a developed nation by 2047. But can that goal be achieved without addressing inequality?
In an Outlook column, Thomas Piketty and economists at the World Inequality Lab examine India’s growth story, rising wealth concentration, and why greater investment in education, healthcare, jobs and wages could be central to building a more inclusive economy.

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From manufacturing and agriculture to AI, defence and the creative economy, PM Narendra Modi outlined seven sectors under his ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’ vision that he said could drive India’s next phase of growth and jobs.

Here are the seven sectors to watch.

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Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British barrister with no prior experience of India, was tasked with drawing the India-Pakistan boundary in 1947. He arrived in India on July 8, with less than six weeks before the British withdrawal, and relied on submissions to the Boundary Commissions rather than personally surveying the areas.

His decisions were guided primarily by contiguous majority areas and existing administrative divisions. The Radcliffe Award was announced only after August 15, with the stated aim of avoiding a dampening of Independence Day celebrations, while historians have argued that the delay also helped shield Britain from responsibility for the violence that followed.

While Radcliffe took most key decisions himself, evidence points to communication between his office and Mountbatten’s government.