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Free Press Journal Reissues Historic August 15, 1947 Independence Edition
Long ago, on August 15, 1947, India became a free country after being ruled by Britain for more than one hundred years.
A newspaper called The Free Press Journal printed a very special edition on that very day.
It showed pictures and stories about India's fight for freedom.
The front page had something called the 'Charter of Freedom,' which said India would be an independent and free republic.
There were pictures of Mahatma Gandhi at the spinning wheel and the Ashoka Pillar.
Even the advertisements in the paper celebrated freedom and the country's new beginning.
Now, many years later, people can buy a copy of that old newspaper again.
It is called a collector's edition.
The special copy has 56 pages and costs 250 rupees.
It is like owning a piece of history from the day India became free.
The Free Press Journal is offering a collector's reprint of its historic August 15, 1947 Independence Number.
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, India became an independent nation after more than a century of British rule.
The original issue's front page carried the 'Charter of Freedom' with the Constituent Assembly's declaration of an independent sovereign republic.
The 56-page black-and-white tabloid reprint costs Rs 250 per copy and includes reports, photographs and period advertisements.
Corporates can personalise copies with a 'Presented / Gifted by' Post-it note from the Editor and a co-branded paper cover.
- Who
- The Free Press Journal, with orders handled by contact Sachin Tikare
- What
- A collector's edition reprint of the newspaper's August 15, 1947 Independence Number
- Where
- India
- When
- Offered around Independence Day 2026; the original issue was published August 15, 1947
- Why
- To let readers preserve and relive how India's independence was recorded in the press as it happened
Key facts
- Publisher
- The Free Press Journal
- Original publication date
- August 15, 1947
- Format
- Tabloid size
- Pages
- 56 pages
- Black and white
- Price
- Rs 250 per copy
- Order contact
- Sachin Tikare, +91 94233 85236, [email protected]
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