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People take part in a rally 'Freedom Beyond Midnight', a midnight walkathon for women’s safety, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Armed Force personnel stand guard during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort, in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/YT via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence MoS Sanjay Seth during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/YT via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage at Rajghat during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Pramod Kumar Mishra, right, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort, in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/YT via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage at Rajghat during the 8oth Independence Day, in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/YT via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/YT via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a Guard of Honour during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a Guard of Honour during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Security personnel keep vigil outside Maulana Azad Stadium during the Independence Day celebrations, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Kiren Rijiju, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, CJI Surya Kant and others during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami hoisted the tricolour at the Embassy of India during the 80th Independence Day celebrations, in Beijing. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the national flag from the ramparts of Red Fort during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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India's Kuldeep Yadav, left, and Ravindra Jadeja warm up before the first test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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BSF personnel during a flag-hoisting ceremony on the occasion of 80th Independence Day near the India-Pakistan border at Octroi Post, in Suchatgarh, Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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Baghambari Math Balveer Giri Maharaj offers prayers to an idol of lord Hanuman decorated in the tri-colour during the 80th Independence Day, at Bade Hanuman Temple, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
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An idol of lord Vishweshwara decorated in tri-colour themed flowers during the 80th Independence Day celebrations, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
