On 15 August 1947, the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi. On each subsequent Independence Day, the incumbent Prime Minister customarily raises the flag and gives an address to the nation.

The entire event is broadcast by Doordarshan, India's national broadcaster, and usually begins with the shehnai music of Ustad Bismillah Khan. Independence Day is observed throughout India with flag-hoisting ceremonies, parades and cultural events.
It is a national holiday.

Independence coincided with the partition of India, in which British India was split along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition was escorted by violent riots and mass casualties, and the displacement of nearly 15 million people due to religious violence.

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