<p>As India walks into its 73rd year of independence, we take a look at the seven decades that have gone by, highlighting some of the major events that helped shape the nation. </p>.<p>With the fervour of freedom on one side and the aftermath of the partition on the other, a young India in 1947 tackled its own share of trials in the initial few years -- a war with Pakistan over Kashmir within the first year of independence, integration of the states that form the Union of India today and amid that, building a nation that could stand the test of time, among several others.</p>.<p>We take a look at some events that shaped India in the decades that followed. </p>
<p>As India walks into its 73rd year of independence, we take a look at the seven decades that have gone by, highlighting some of the major events that helped shape the nation. </p>.<p>With the fervour of freedom on one side and the aftermath of the partition on the other, a young India in 1947 tackled its own share of trials in the initial few years -- a war with Pakistan over Kashmir within the first year of independence, integration of the states that form the Union of India today and amid that, building a nation that could stand the test of time, among several others.</p>.<p>We take a look at some events that shaped India in the decades that followed. </p>
