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Independence Day Celebration

Published on: August 15, 2010 0:00 IST
Indian schoolchildren wearing different colors form a representation of India's national flag during a dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India will mark 63 years of independence on Sunday. (AP Photo)
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Indian schoolchildren wearing different colors form a representation of India's national flag during a dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India will mark 63 years of independence on Sunday. (AP Photo)
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A girl decorates her eyes with the shades of the Indian tricolour as part of Independence Day celebrations at a college in Hyderabad.
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Newly recruited soldiers of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force salute during their graduation parade in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo)
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A school child takes part in an Independence Day celebration ceremony with children from a slum colony in Siliguri.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives to address the nation at Red Fort in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. India celebrates its Independence Day on Sunday. (AP Photo)
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An Indian police man stands guard in front of the Red Fort monument in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Security has been intensified at all sensitive locations ahead of India's Independence Day that falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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A rangoli of the Indian map, prepared by school kids on the eve of the Independence Day celebrations, in Hubli.
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An Indian national flag is displayed at Charminar monument in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India's Independence Day falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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A roadside vendor sells bags sporting the Indian tricolor ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India's Independence Day falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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An Indian thread maker prepares colored threads for flying kites in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. The demand for these threads goes up in August when people in northern India fly kites and peaks during Independence Day, which falls on Aug.15. (AP Photo)
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Ekan, 30, chases his bike adorned with Indian national flags as he practices stunts at the Bhuabneswar Puri national highway ahead of the dare devil show for the upcoming Independence Day celebration in Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India's Independence Day falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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Participants of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) march during a rehearsal for the Independence Day parade in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India celebrates its independence day on Aug. 15. (AP Photo)
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Ekan, 30, holds Indian national flags as he practices bike stunts at the Bhuabneswar Puri national highway ahead of the dare devil show for the upcoming Independence Day celebration in Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India's Independence Day falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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A roadside vendor sells miniature Indian tricolor flags ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, in Bangalore, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. India's Independence Day falls Sunday. (AP Photo)
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A man sells Indian national flags on the eve of Independence Day, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo)
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Students celebrate 63 years of freedom in Ahmedabad.
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Children who participated in Independence Day celebrations look around the Red Fort after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on India's Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses the nation from the Red Fort to celebrate India's Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Dignitaries leave after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on occasion of India's Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Security personnel check an area before the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will address the nation from the Red Fort on India's Independence Day, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Security personnel remove a brown shoe, left on the grass, that was hurled toward Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, right wearing a gray jacket, during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. According to Indian news agency PTI, a policeman in civilian clothes stood up and shouted we want freedom while hurling the shoe from the VIP enclosure where he was sitting. The shoe did hit the chief minister and he was whisked away by security personnel immediately, also PTI said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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West Bengal state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, right, unfurls Indian national flag during Independence Day celebrations, in Calcutta, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A National Cadet Corps cadre helps her comrade to adjust her uniform during Independence Day celebrations in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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A Jammu and Kashmir state policeman salutes during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Schoolchildren perform during India's Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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An Indian Army soldier performs a stunt during India's Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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Girls wearing traditional outfits wait for their performance during Independence Day celebrations in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Congress party President Sonia Gandhi leaves after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on India's Independence Day, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)