Photos: India celebrates its 71st Independence Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with children during Independence Day celebration at the Red Fort in New Delhi. India celebrates its 71st Independence Day today with the Prime Minister hoisting the tricolor from the ramparts of Red Fort and celebratory programmes held across the country. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Aug 15, 2017 5:21 PM IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with children during Independence Day celebration at the Red Fort in New Delhi. India celebrates its 71st Independence Day today with the Prime Minister hoisting the tricolor from the ramparts of Red Fort and celebratory programmes held across the country. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Children participated in flag hoisting ceremony at AICC Office on the occasion of Independence Day celebration in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inspects the Independence day parade at Motilal Nehru stadium in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

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Children celebrate Independence Day at Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. (Sachin Saini/HT Photo)

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Rural development and Panchayat minister Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa inspects the prade during the 71st Independecne Day celebrations at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. (Pradeep Pandit/HT Photo)

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inspects the guard of honour during the 71st Independence Day function at Fort St George in Chennai. (PTI)

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Students paint their faces to resemble the tricolour in celebration of India’s 71st Independence Day in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Students perform bhangra during Independence Day celebrations at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. (Pradeep Pandit/HT Photo)

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das salutes after hoisting the Tri-colour during Independence Day celebrations at Morhabadi Grounds in Ranchi. (PTI)

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Women wear tricolour bangles before the Independence Day celebrations in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad. (Noah Seelam/AFP)

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Independence Day celebration at Madarsa Darul Uloom Husainia in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

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Students perform a song and dance routine in celebration of India’s 71st Independence Day in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel march during Independence Day celebrations in Secunderabad. (AFP)

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Children celebrate Independence Day at Gnadhi Bhawan, Kolkata. (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

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150 year old tradition of beating the Govindas at Panvel near Hangman Temple in Navi Mumbai. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO)