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Trinamool Congress MP from North Kolkata Kolkata Uttar at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

A view of Red Fort on the eve of Independence Day in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

Children participate in a programme organised on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: Sandeep Mahankal/IANS)

A soldier stands guard at Red Fort on the eve of Independence Day in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

BJP MP from Saran (Bihar) Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

RJD MP from Madhepura (Bihar) Pappu Yadav at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

Hawkers sells `tricolors` on Ranchi streets on the eve of Independence Day on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

People in celebration mood on the eve of Independence Day in Guwahati on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and JD(U) president Sharad Yadav arrive at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

Congress Vice President and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

Congress Vice President and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi talks to media at the Parliament in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

People celebrate on the eve of Independence Day in Amritsar on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

People in celebration mood on the eve of Independence Day in Guwahati on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

NDMC workers busy making Indian flag using flowers on the eve of 68th Independence Day in New Delhi on Aug 14, 2014. (Photo: IANS)

A Ganesh idol at a workshop in Kamathipura of Mumbai