79th Independence Day: PM Modi hoists national flag from ramparts of Red Fort

15 Aug 2025 07:41 IST

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Narendra Modi salutes tricolour as the national song plays in the background on Friday, August 15, 2025.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unfurled the national flag for the 12th time in a row from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.

In his address on the country's 79th Independence Day, Modi said it is a day to pay tribute to the countless people who made sacrifices and struggled for the country's freedom.

"India bows to makers of Constitution on 79th Independence Day," PM Modi said.

His second Independence Day address of his third term takes him past Manmohan Singh, who unfurled the tricolour 10 times from the ramparts of Red Fort during 2004-2014, and places him behind Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who did the honours 17 and 16 times respectively.

Before reaching Red Fort, he paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial.

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