India Insight with Sunny Sharma

78th Anniversary of Indian Independence August 15, 2024: The Founding Fathers of India (Lost Generation)

Sunny Sharma Season 6 Episode 11

In honor of Indian Independence Day August 15, 2024. 

Tune in to hear about the founding fathers of India (lost generation) that set the constitutional and institutional foundation for India. 

These men and women set the foundation for future generations yearning for democratic aspirations and maintaining the pillars of democracy in their society. 

These men born from 1869 to 1897 called the lost generation included Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose,  Acharya Kripalani, and Abul Kalam Azad (Maulana Azad).

Nonetheless, India was also shaped by numerous other men and women from numerous classes and religions during this generation and later on especially because in every generation there are essential and impeccable individuals who could be characterized as founders such as the revolutionary Bhagat Singh.

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