India's achievements since Independence Day

From first general elections, to launching Chandrayan and overall growth, we list India's achievements since independence (Photo: AP/AFP)

Jawaharlal Nehru salutes the flag as he becomes independent India's first prime minister on August 15, 1947 during the Independence Day ceremony at Red Fort, New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)

Shyam Saran Negi was the first Indian to cast his vote in the country’s first-ever general elections held in October 1951. The man who turned 100 this year was a part of voter turnout of 45.7 per cent. India was also one of the first countries to give equal rights to women to vote. (Photo: PTI)

India won the Cricket World Cup for the first time, 25th June, 1983. It was India's first cricket World Cup win. In the final match, they defeated West Indies who were considered the most fearsome team in the world at that time. (Photo: AFP)

Pratibha Devisingh Patil became the first woman who holds the office as a president of the India. She served as a 12th president in India from 2007 to 2012 after conquering her competitor, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. (Photo: AP)

Since its independence in 1947, India has progressed considerably in terms of building ropes and connecting cities. While there might be a lot of scope for infrastructure, better education and economic policies, the country has made significant inroads into becoming a globally re cognised power. (Photo: AP)

India's sent a satellite to the moon with Chandrayan 1. The first lunar probe was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor.

When India became independent, India used to import food grains and depend on international food aid till the mid 1960s. Today India is self sufficient in terms of food production and even exports various food grains. (Photo: AP)

India’s last polio case was reported in West Bengal in January 2011 when a young girl was paralyzed by polio. Since then no other such case has been reported.. India which comprises of 17 percent of world population saw polio being eradicated from the country and life expectancy grow to 68.89 years which was only 32 years at time of independence. (Photo: AP)

India reduced its "out of school" children by over 90 per cent and achieved "universal primary education” in 2015. India is predicted to be the only country in South and West Asia to have an equal ratio of girls to boys in both primary and secondary education. (Photo: AP)

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan is a space probe orbiting Mars that was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Apart from that ISRO also launched 20 satellites at the same time which was another huge feat. In fact, the Mangalyaan mission was budgeted at 4.5bn rupees ($74m), which, by Western standards, is staggeringly cheap. (Photo: Facebook)