In pictures: India marks 74th Independence Day with pomp and fare

Indians came together to celebrate the nation's Independence from the British Empire.

Update: 2020-08-15 14:21 GMT

We fought and won the war against hunger, unleashing a green revolution and a white one, a contribution of our kisan, and from being a country which faced risks of famines and starvation, we became a nation which exports food, safe and secure in our ability to meet our own collective nutritional needs. By arrangement

Indians came together to celebrate the nation's Independence from the British Empire.