Aftermath

After Indian Independence was declared on August 15th 1947, Indian’s ironically went back to fighting amongst them self’s. These fights were between the Muslims and the Hindus, and were the exact opposite of Gandhi’s “satyagraha” way of fighting. The battles between these people were hostile and violent, almost as if they were unleashing all the oppressed rage form the Indian Independence movement, and unleashed it on religious problems. These feuds lead to the assassination of Gandhi on 30 January 1948 by a Hindu nationalist/extremist. Though this was a tragic event, and one that left the nation mourning, Gandhi could still be remembered as the man who won Independence with peaceful force. Without Gandhi the India government still continued to make progress in India’s quest to be its own nation. Prime Minister Nehru invited invited Louis Mountbatten to continue as Governor General of India, but was ultimately replaced by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. The final act toward making India its own nation happened on January 26 1950 when the Constituent Assembly officially proclaimed the Republic of India after completing the drafting of the constitution on November 26 1949. The Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the first President of India and Nehru continued to lead as the prime minister. Today India is a rising power both economically and socially and has the fourth largest economy in the world and the second largest labor force.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad,
first President of India