Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unfurled the nationwide flag for the eleventh time in a row from the ramparts of the Purple Fort on Independence Day.
In his tackle on the nation’s 78th Independence Day, Modi mentioned it’s a day to pay tribute to the numerous individuals who made sacrifices and struggled for the nation’s freedom. “The nation is indebted to them,” he mentioned.
Modi paid condolences to the households who misplaced their members within the latest nationwide disasters.
His first Independence Day tackle of his third time period takes him previous Manmohan Singh, who unfurled the tricolour 10 occasions from the ramparts of Purple Fort throughout 2004-2014, and locations him behind Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who did the honours 17 and 16 occasions respectively.
Earlier than reaching Purple Fort, he paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial.