 The principal event of the Golden Jubilee of Indian independence was President K. R. Narayanan's midnight address to the nation during the special session of Parliament convened on the night of 14 August; in this address, he identified the establishment of a democratic system of government and politics to be the greatest achievement of India since independence.The following morning, Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, said