PM MODI TO LEAD 77TH I-D CELEBRATIONS AT RED FORT

Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver the address to the nation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the nation in marking the 77th Independence Day as the stage is set for celebrations at the historic Red Fort on August 15.

Around 1,800 people from different vocations, with their spouses, have been invited as “Special Guests” from across the country to be a part of the celebrations at the Red Fort, the defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver the address to the nation from the ramparts of the historic monument.

This year’s Independence Day will also see culmination of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, which was launched by the prime minister from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on March 12, 2021 and will, once again, usher the country into ‘Amrit Kaal’ with renewed vigour to realise the dream of making India a developed country by 2047, it said. 

A large number of guests have been invited as compared to the figures last year. The invitation to about 1,800 ‘Special Guests’ hse been extended in line with the government’s vision of ‘Jan Bhagidari’, the ministry said.