| Show J. Rit s s' Action on India Freedom NEW DELHI Aug 15 UP UP- UP Britain's last viceroy of ot India Lord Louis Friday handed his seals of office to an Indian government and the ceremonial ceremonial ceremonial cere cere- creating the new and independent in independent independent in- in dependent dominions of India and Pakistan was completed In hot and fetid Delhi where the British rah rab h had d held sway for generations over some Indians surrendered his powers to Indias India's constituent assembly The thirtieth and last viceroy of India rode through Delhi streets so packed with cheering Indians that police poUce charged d the throngs time and again to force a passage for tor the thc ceremonial coach and its team of ot eight white horses For the moment there was a truce in bloody communal strife stille except in Lahore where scores more died in riotous outbreaks of and arson which h ha have e taken a 8 toll of hundreds in- in inre re recent re- re cent weeks Scores of persons fainted in the Delhi crush and Pandit haral Nehru himself personally pleaded with the throngs throngs' to let the viceroys viceroy's coach and those of the new government of ot India pass on to Durbar hall hail the seat of ot the government Within the hall hail for forthe forthe forthe the last time took his place on the throne Across from him on on- the opposite wall was the new flag lag of the governor general of India the India the office which he asSee asSee asSee as- as See Page Fage 3 S Column Colun 4 Indict India Rites Culminate Act of Independence Continued from Page 1 with the end of the vice- vice royalty New Flag Unfurled The new flag all blue with the word India and a a. crown crown emblazoned emblazoned emblazoned em em- blazoned in In gold replaced the Union Jack over government house while from the secretariat buildings a across ross the road flew the new tricolor of India Wearing the uniform of a rear admiral in the royal navy took the new oath of or of office lice as administered by IndIas IndIa's India's Indias In In- dias dia's first chief Justice Sir Haridas Kant Then in turn admInistered administered administered ad ad- ministered the new oath of allegiance allegiance allegiance alle alle- to the country and the constitution to the members of the government led by Nehru who was clad in white Indian cap coat and trousers He was wa followed by Sardar P Patel tel information minister wearing an Indian shot or loose shirt and a D. or homespun scar scarf dangling ov over r his left Idt shoulder Then came the other ministers including Education Education Edu Edu- cation Minister Maulana Azad who read the oath in the Urdu Urd tongue Fighting Suspended Most of or Indias India's people dropped the Moslem Hindu religious re religious re- re war in favor lavor of fireworks elephant parades and stirring flag- flag raising rituals to inaugurate the Independence that India received last night At Karachi capital of oC the new Moslem state of Pakistan n 71 year 71 earold ear old Mohammed AH AU Jinnah strode strod across priceless Persian carpets to toa toa toa a high-backed high mahogany chair and there was sworn in as governor general by the scarlet-robed scarlet chief justice The new Indias India's first premier Hindu leader eader Nehru told the first meeting of the Indian assembly that Long ago aro we made madea a tryst with destiny and now the time has come when we shall ahan redeem redeem redeem re re- deem our pledge We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again Ceremony Disrupted Calcutta Calcutta's a overenthusiastic v ere nth U J 1 crowds totaling several leveral thousand persons persona broke through police lines to Invade staid government house and disrupt raising flag nies Officials climbed back Into their sleek Royce Rolls and re re- re treated But the crowd was natured good and for the first time in several weeks a full day passed without Moslem Hindu rioting quiet also was reported in other cities clUes except the disputed city of Lahore Reports from rom Lahore said 50 more persons were killed there and 12 injured yesterday making the so 10 far this week total dead and injured |
