In spite of the well documented tensions between the two countries; guards from India and Pakistan offered sweets and goodwill at the Attari-Wagah Border to mark the Independence Day of the two nations.<br /><br />The traditional exchange of gifts has played an important role in reducing ill feeling between the two countries.<br /><br />India’s independence from Britain in 1947 resulted in the partition of the subcontinent into two separate nations.<br /><br />Majority-Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have fought three wars since then, two of them over Kashmir,<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged India on Tuesday to reject religious violence, after a series of attacks against minorities. <br /><br />In a speech at Delhi’s Red Fort Modi listed his government’s achievements, including the fight against corruption.<br />
