Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Jawaharlal Nehru's speech in the Constituent Assembly at midnight happened on ____.

Options:

15 August 1947

26 January 1950

30 November 1947

14 August 1947

Correct Answer:

14 August 1947

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → 14 August 1947

Jawaharlal Nehru speaking in the Constituent Assembly at midnight on 14 August 1947. It was on this day that Nehru gave his famous speech that began with the following lines: “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”