♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag for the 11th time in a row from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day (August 15). 2024 marks the 78th Independence Day. The theme of 2024 Independence Day is 'Viksit Bharat @ 2047'.

♦ PM Modi’s first Independence Day address of his third term will take him past Manmohan Singh, who unfurled the tricolour 10 times from the ramparts of Red Fort during 2004-2014 and place him behind Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who did the honours 17 and 16 times respectively.