Observe Anniversary Of India's Independence - An armed Gurkha is silhouetted against the Indian sky at New Delhi, Aug. 15, as thousands of Indians throng the courtyard beneath Delhi's Red Fort to hear an address by their Premier Pandit Jawarhalal Nehru, marking the first anniversary of their country's Independence. Ceremony included hoisting of the Dominion flag(lower right). August 20, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).