The document provides historical context and images from India before and after independence in 1947. It includes information on unknown freedom fighters who were hanged in 1857 during the first war of Indian independence. It also mentions the first flag of India in 1947, people waiting for PM Nehru on August 15th 1947, the first parade and salute by the English governor Lord Mountbatten on that date. Images show locations, leaders and events from the 1850s to 1940s such as the Imambara in Lucknow in 1857, Tatya Tope and his troops, the Begum of Bhopal in 1872, Delhi in 1908, a farmer in Kolkata, the Indian map in 1857, the Indian parliament, Jaip