Photos: India celebrates 75th Independence Day

PM Modi hoisted the tricolour at the ramparts of Red Fort to mark 75th Independence Day - Twitter/BJP4India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at the Red Fort - AP

A view of the Red Fort during the Independence Day celebrations - ANI

PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat - ANI

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hoisted the national flag at Secretariat Building and announced 'Deshbhakti Curriculum' in govt schools in city from September 27 as a tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawans celebrate Independence Day at the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh - ANI

Celebrating freedom at Bharati Vidyapeeth college Kharghar in Navi Mumbai - TNN

Mission deployed warships of the Indian Navy in the far East, INS Ranvijay & INS Kora marked the commencement of the celebrations - ANI

Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin at Fort St George in Chennai during the 75th independence day celebrations - TNN

Railway Protection Force during the 75th Independence Day celebrations at Railway Ground, Perambur in Chennai - TNN

A glimpse of Independence Day celebrations in Gujarat - TNN

Flower petals were showered after the flag hoisting at Junagadh in Gujarat -TNN

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot hoisted the national flag at his residence in Jaipur - ANI

Lieutenant governor, UT Ladakh, RK Mathur hoisted the national flag at the Pologround in Leh - ANI

The tricolour was hoisted in the inhospitable terrain of Donkyala pass at 18,300 feet - the highest pass in the Eastern Sector.

Tricolour hoisted at Islamic University of Science & Technology at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir - ANI

75th Independence Day celebrations at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada - TNN

Students of Prasanti school in Visakhapatnam district organised a 2km-long rally with a 500-feet national flag - TNN

At Kolkata's Red Road, CM Mamata Banerjee hoisted the national flag - ANI

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar hoisted the national flag at Gandhi Maidan in Patna - ANI

'Shivalinga' at Chandreshwar Mahadev Temple in Uttarakhand has been decorated in the colours of the national flag - ANI

Soldiers take part in March pass at Parade Ground in Chandigarh - TNN