Celebration of 75 years of Independence

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  1. 5. Independence Day is celebrated on 15th _________ every year across the nation.
  2. 6. Independence Day commemorates the nation’s struggle for _________.
  3. 8. Independence Day is celebrated in schools with the hoisting of the flag and _________ programmes.
  4. 9. The theme of India’s 75th Independence Day is ‘_______ First, Always First’.
  5. 11. The festival was launched on 12th _________ 2021 and will continue till 15th August 2023
  6. 13. The tricolor was hoisted in the inhospitable terrain of _____________ pass at 18,300 feet - the highest pass in the eastern sector
  7. 14. Indo Tibetan border police jawans celebrated Independence Day 2021 at the banks of Pangong Tso in ___________.
  8. 16. _______ __________ of states hoist the Indian flag in the state capitals.
  9. 17. India acquired _____________ on 15th of August, 1947.
  10. 18. Prime Minister of India unfurls the tricolour “National Flag” at _____ ___________.
  11. 19. Independence Day in India is a __________ holiday.
  12. 20. On the eve of Independence Day, the ___________ of the country addresses the nation.
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  1. 1. India’s 75th Independence Day is being celebrated as a 75-week _________.
  2. 2. Independence Day remembers the sacrifice of the _________ and freedom fighters.
  3. 3. ___________ movies and songs are transmitted on TV channels the whole day.
  4. 4. _________ structures and government buildings across the country were illuminated in tricolour on the eve of Independence Day
  5. 7. India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian national flag above the _________ __________ of Red fort in Delhi on August 15, 1947. It is a tradition that has been followed by the incumbent Prime Minister, followed by an address to the country.
  6. 10. For the first time ever, this year, flower petals will be showered at the venue by two Mi171v helicopters of the Indian Air Force in ________ Formation.
  7. 12. The festival to celebrate the 75 years of Independence of India is called '_______ Ka Amrit Mahotsav'.
  8. 15. 32 Olympic winners, 240 Olympians and many Covid warriors were _________ during the 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort.