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It is also known as the French National Day.
In 1789, a violent uprising helped usher in the French Revolution.
Citizens stormed of the Bastille fortress, which was used to lodge the state prisoners.
Bastille had become the symbol of the harsh rule and tyranny of the French monarchy, especially King Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette.
French poet and philosopher, Voltaire was imprisoned in Bastille.
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" became the war cry of the common people and it remained the country's official motto even to this day.