A first since Independence: A Dalit panchayat president, M Tamilarasan of Senthakkudi in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district hoists the tricolour on the occasion of India's 75th Independence Day, on August 15, 2022. (Photo | Express)
A first since Independence: Panchayat president of Vellakuttai in Uthangarai block Saraswati Vijayan, who is a tribal woman, hoists the national flag in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district. (Photo | Express)Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Gulam Nabi Azad, and others take a pledge at Gandhi Smriti on Azadi Gaurav Yatra on India's 75th Independence Day, in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)Children dressed up as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, kings, and other personalities in a tractor at Somarasampettai village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchy to mark the 75th I-Day. (Photo | EPS)Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao pays tributes at the war memorial at Secunderabad Parade Grounds. (Photo | EPS)Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai aboard an open jeep views the parade at Field Marshal Manekshaw Ground in Bengaluru. (Photo | Nagaraja Gadekal, EPS)Hundreds of Congress cadres carry a 1,000-metre long tricolour from the party headquarters at Sathya Moorthi Bhavan during a rally in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of India's 75th Independence Day. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pictured at a celebration event on the occasion of Independence Day. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin honours veteran communist leader R Nalla Kannu with the Thagaisal Thamizhar Award, which carries 10 lakh rupees, in Chennai, on August 15, 2022. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)A pair of painted bulls seen in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of India's 75th Independence Day. (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)