14 July has special importance in the nistory of France. On this day, the French revolutionaries stormed and occupied the Bastille fort. Bastille was a very ancient French fort, in which political prisoness were kept. This fort was seen as a symbol of the autocracy and cruelty of the French rulers. On 12 July 1789, a young lawyer, Casmiie Desmola, gave a rousing speech in Paris and inspired the people to take up arms, which made the crowds in Paris violent. On 14 July 1789, this agitated mob attacked the Bastille fort and freed the prisoners kept there. This fort had been witness to cruelty on people. The fall of this fort was the end of a politically unrestricted rule. It was an important and unique incident in world history. In France, it was the victory of democracy and defeat of autocracy.
