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Independence Day celebrations are on in full swing and people are looking for innovative ways to celebrate India’s 73rd Independence Day. A diver in Puducherry has gone underwater to hoist the tricolour.

More than 50 school children tied rakhi to the Indian Navy soldiers in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, while the officials missed their family members during the occasion.

Four countries got freedom on August 15 (apart from India, though in different years). Here is a brief introduction to Congo and its Independence Day

Raksha Bandhan is also being celebrated alongside Independence Day and on this occasion, BJP Leader from Uttar Pradesh, Bhukkal Nawab has expressed his desire of tying rakhis to cows. 

 

A few senior citizens who were kids when India earned her Independence in the year 1947 narrate how they celebrated the historic event.

As many as 50 specially-abled inmates from Manalaya Home celebrated Independence Day at Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district

Shilok Mukkati spoke about the difficulties the LGBTQ community face even today while the nation celebrates its 73rd year of freedom from the British rule

Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday (August 15) hoisted the tricolour flag at party headquarters in Bengaluru. RSS' Sarakaryavah Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi too hoisted the national flag on Independence Day.

Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and a colourful turban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the tri-colour flag at the Red Fort to celebrate India's 73rd Independence Day

From helping animals to going on a trip, here are 5 things you can do this Independence Day

Five countries got freedom on August 15 (apart from India, though in different years). Here is a brief introduction to Bahrain and its Independence Day

The nation is celebrating Raksha Bandhan tomorrow (August 14). There is high demand for PM Modi rakhis this year with each costing Rs 40 in Rewari, Haryana.

The Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947 had adopted the national flag of India in its present form. Deep Dive with Abhinav Khare explains the significance of the national flag on the occasion of the 73rd Independence Day. Let us remember and honour the sacrifices of all those men and women, who enabled us to celebrate this day.

People from the Hindu community were seen performing special prayers in the Dargah by applying Sandalwood paste in the sanctum sanctorum in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

From hockey to athletics, shooting to cricket, here is a list of seven incidents where the sportspersons made India proud in these seven decades.