India Independence Day 2014: Colourful Celebrations in Pictures
There were colourful parades around India as the country celebrated its 68th Independence Day. India gained independence from British rule in 1947.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his first Independence Day speech, adressed the countryfrom the ramparts of the 17th-century Red Fort in old Delhi, continuing a tradition begun by independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
However, Modi broke with one tradition: he did not speak from behind a bullet-proof screen, the first prime minister to do so in almost 30 years.
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