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BJP not seen gaining from Cong loss; regional parties will rule the roost.  

If elections to the Lok Sabha were to be held this month, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance is likely to lose 122 seats. This is reflected in the India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation opinion poll.

But, no way does the national dialogue ends there. There are reactions already flowing in from our digital audience. And in this space, the verdict is loud and clear: BJP is not seen gaining from Congress Party's perceived loss as both have disappointed the voter, according to our digital followers.

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Why Pakistan celebrates its I-Day on Aug 14, Pakistan.

 

Bangalore, Aug 14:

The separate states of India and Pakistan were created at midnight on August 15, 1947. Yet while India celebrates that day as its independence day, Pakistan celebrates its independence day a day before. Why it is so? Reason 1: Pakistan's first independence day was also celebrated on August 15 but later on it was advanced to August 14.

 

One of the reasons is that British Viceroy Lord Mountbatten, who had chosen August 15 to commemorate the surrender of Japan to the Allies Power marking the end of World War II in 1945, sought to transfer power to Pakistan on August 14 so that he could be present in New Delhi to observe India's maiden independence day celebrations. Reason 2: Also in 1948, Pakistan decided to celebrate its Independence Day on August 14 because 27 Ramadan, an auspicious date of the Islamic lunar calendar, coincided with it. Hence the Pakistanis decided to celebrate their Independence Day a day before the actual date.