Celebration of 75 years of Independence
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- 5. Independence Day is celebrated on 15th _________ every year across the nation.
- 6. Independence Day commemorates the nation’s struggle for _________.
- 8. Independence Day is celebrated in schools with the hoisting of the flag and _________ programmes.
- 9. The theme of India’s 75th Independence Day is ‘_______ First, Always First’.
- 11. The festival was launched on 12th _________ 2021 and will continue till 15th August 2023
- 13. The tricolor was hoisted in the inhospitable terrain of _____________ pass at 18,300 feet - the highest pass in the eastern sector
- 14. Indo Tibetan border police jawans celebrated Independence Day 2021 at the banks of Pangong Tso in ___________.
- 16. _______ __________ of states hoist the Indian flag in the state capitals.
- 17. India acquired _____________ on 15th of August, 1947.
- 18. Prime Minister of India unfurls the tricolour “National Flag” at _____ ___________.
- 19. Independence Day in India is a __________ holiday.
- 20. On the eve of Independence Day, the ___________ of the country addresses the nation.
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- 1. India’s 75th Independence Day is being celebrated as a 75-week _________.
- 2. Independence Day remembers the sacrifice of the _________ and freedom fighters.
- 3. ___________ movies and songs are transmitted on TV channels the whole day.
- 4. _________ structures and government buildings across the country were illuminated in tricolour on the eve of Independence Day
- 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.
- 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.
- 12. The festival to celebrate the 75 years of Independence of India is called '_______ Ka Amrit Mahotsav'.
- 15. 32 Olympic winners, 240 Olympians and many Covid warriors were _________ during the 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort.