India will celebrate its 77th Independence Day on 15 August 2023.

Lord Mountbatten chose August 15 as India’s Independence Day

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The theme of this year is “Nation First, Always First”.

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On this Day, The Prime Minister of India unfurls the National Flag at the Red Fort every year.

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The first Indian flag was raised on August 7, 1906, at Parsi Bagan Square in Calcutta.

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Gulzarilal Nanda and Chandrasekhar were the only two PMs who did not get the opportunity to hoist the National Flag at Red Fort.

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The Red Fort was the center of India’s First War of Independence 1857.

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The Indian Flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya.

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The Indian Flag is manufactured in only one place at Karnataka in India.

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