text: Midnight , 14 15 August , in the year 1947 , was a moment , in the words of Prime Minister Nehru , when we step out from the old to the new , when an age ends , and when the soul of a nation , long suppressed , finds utterance .
  
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  Prime Minister Nehru said that the 15th of August , 1947 was the end of an age and the suppressed soul of the nation found utterance .