Independence Day 2021 Highlights: Tricolour unfurled at INS Tabar which is deployed to Portsmouth in UK

On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, North Block, South Block and the Parliament building in Delhi were illuminated, reports ANI. 

The beating retreat ceremony took place at the Attari-Wagah border on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day.

India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay hoisted the national flag at India House in Colombo to celebrate 75th Independence Day.

On the occasion of 75th Independence Day, ex-servicemen on Sunday held a march at the Singhu border where protesting farmers are celebrating 'Kisan Mazdoor Azadi Sangram Diwas'.

Adding to the security measures taken as part of India's Independence Day Celebrations on Sunday, a Counter Drone Technology developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was installed to monitor the Red Fort and its surrounding area.

Tricolour unfurled at INS Tabar which is deployed to Portsmouth in the UK on the occasion of 75th IndependenceDay

Corporators in Kashmir on Sunday hoisted the national flag at Zero Bridge in the city on the 75th Independence Day.

Before the start of Day 4 of the ongoing Lord's Test against England, Team India hoisted the tri-colour as the country celebrates its 75th Independence Day.

Hoisting the Tricolour for the 15th time on the occasion of Independence Day, Nitish Kumar on Sunday became the only chief minister of Bihar to have achieved the feat.

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) hoists the national flag at the world’s highest motorable pass Umling La in Ladakh.

The Aam Aadmi Party's Mumbai unit took out a march from suburban Bandra to Juhu on the country's 75th Independence Day on Sunday with the party workers carrying a huge national flag and wearing the "cap of honesty".

We aim to install 500 such National flags till Republic Day across the Capital, this will inculcate the feeling of patriotism among people: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, who are on a 4-day visit to Kashmir and Ladakh to review facilities being provided to Indian troops in mountainous areas, celebrated 75th Independence Day with Army personnel in Srinagar.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday hoisted the national flag on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day and urged people to take an oath to uphold human rights.

Border Securiy Forces exchanges sweets with Bangladesh forces on 75th Independence Day.

President Ram Nath Kovind paid tribute at the National War Memorial on Independence Day. The defence minister, the three service chiefs, and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) were also present.

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“Delhi has given a model of governance to the country with kind of innovations and ideas being brought to the table,” Kejriwal said. As an example, the Delhi chief minister highlighted that Goa has made 16,000 litres of water free to every family. “Now other governments are thinking of providing free electricity, like the model we have in Delhi,” he said.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal hoisted the national flag at the Secretariat Building on Independence Day and announced 'Deshbhakti Curriculum' in Delhi government schools from September 27 as a tribute to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. “Our curriculum teaches physics, chemistry but not patriotism,” he said. “This 'Deshbhakti Curriculum' will instil patriotic values in our children.”

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla hoists the National Flag on Independence Day, says, “We attained Independence after a long struggle, now we are working towards becoming a 'New India' as we celebrate 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' this year.”

I wish all citizens of the country on behalf of my party. I pray to the Almighty for the happiness of the society, that there be happiness everywhere in the country and the world, and India leaps forward towards development: BJP national president JP Nadda