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26 April 2024

India celebrates 67th Independence Day

India celebrates 67th Independence day.

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A girl, with her face painted in the colours of India's national flag, chants slogans as she takes part in a cultural program to celebrate India's Independence Day in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 14, 2013. India celebrates its Independence Day on August 15. (REUTERS)
 

Indian commuters ride past a school building where colors of the Indian flag are displayed on the eve of Independence Day in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. India commemorates its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule, on August 15.  (AP)
 

Indian policemen guard the India Gate monument, draped with colors of the Indian flag on the eve of Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug 14, 2013. India commemorates its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule, on August 15. (AP)
 

Birds fly past the India Gate war monument illuminated on the eve of Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug 14, 2013. India commemorates its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule, on August 15. ( AP)
 

An Indian woman sells Indian flags at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. India commemorates its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule, on August 15.  (AP)