New Delhi: India celebrates its 69th Independence Day with zeal and enthusiasm. The country achieved its independence on August 15, 1947.
The political freedom we achieved in 1947 was not a gift from the imperial British. It was the culmination of decades-old struggle led by revolutionaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
Our country thus owes its independence to these true sons of our mother-land.
Independence Day celebrated across various parts of India
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat, on the occasion of 69th Independence Day, in Delhi on August 15, 2015
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluting after unfurling the Tricolour flag at the ramparts of Red Fort, on the occasion of 69th Independence Day, in Delhi on August 15, 2015.
Illuminuted Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on the eve of the Independence Day in Lucknow, on Aug 14, 2015
Girls click a selfie with their face painted in tricolors on the eve of Independence Day in Jaipur, on Aug 14, 2015
Attari: A women constable lighting candle at friendship monument on the eve of India`s Independence Day at Attari/Wahga Indo-Pak border about 35km from Amritsar, on Aug 14, 2015.
Attari: Members of the Akhil Bhartiya Human Rights organisation take part in a candle light march celebrating Indian and Pakistani Independence Day and lighting candles night for the peace between two nations at Attari/Wahga Indo-Pak border about 35km from Amritsar, on Aug 14, 2015.
