From the Pacific islands and East Asia to Europe, the Gulf and the Americas, Indians and "friends of India" joined celebrations marking the country's 80th Independence Day on Saturday, as key partners including France, Russia and Australia extended greetings and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening ties with New Delhi. The celebrations unfolded across Indian missions and diaspora communities around the world, featuring flag-hoisting ceremonies, renditions of the national anthem and "Vande Mataram", cultural performances, community gatherings and a range of activities. At the centre of the global celebrations was the "Suryapath Tiranga" initiative, under which the Indian Tricolour was hoisted successively at Indian missions as the day moved across time zones, beginning in Fiji and scheduled to culminate in San Francisco. The initiative, part of the broader "Har Ghar Tiranga" campaign, sought to create a shared, continuous celebration stretching from one sunrise to the next. T
India@80: Tricolour flies high worldwide as diaspora celebrates I-Day
From the Pacific islands and East Asia to Europe, the Gulf and the Americas, Indians and friends of India joined celebrations marking the country's 80th Independence Day on Saturday, as key partners including France,…
From the Pacific islands and East Asia to Europe, the Gulf and the Americas, Indians and friends of India joined celebrations marking the country's 80th Independence Day on Saturday, as.
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