Pics: India gears up for Independence Day

India is going to celebrate its 73rd Independence Day this year. Here are some photos from the preparations and people showing their national pride.

A tailor stitches the Indian national flag ahead of the Independence Day, in Ranchi on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

A view of the New Delhi Railway Station decorated with tri-coloured lights, ahead of the Independence Day, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Indian Map with mini tri-coloured canvases in an attempt to create a Limca Book of Record for the largest such map, ahead of Independence Day celebrations, Navi Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Kolkata mounted police ride their horses after taking part in a full dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations in Kolkata on August 13, 2019, as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule on August 15. (Photo AFP)

School students perform during the full dress rehearsal for Independence Day parade, at Mini Stadium in Jammu, Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019. (PTI Photo)

School students display the colours of the Indian national flag during a full dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations at Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad on August 13, 2019, as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule on August 15. (Photo AFP)

Local boys run with National flags ahead of Independence Day, in Howrah district of West Bengal. (PTI Photo)

Indian schoolchildren participate at a full-dress rehearsal for the 73rd Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 13, 2019. (AFP Photo)

Marching contingents of armed police forces during the full dress rehearsal for the Independence Day parade at Fort St. George in Chennai, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (PTI Photo)

Indian Border Security Force personnel (wearing brown) and Pakistani Rangers (wearing black) take part in the Beating Retreat ceremony at the India Pakistan Wagah border post some 35 km from Amritsar. (AFP Photo)

A man with his 28-feet long moustache, poses with national flags at Bikaner on August 13, 2019, as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule on August 15. (AFP Photo)

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel keep a vigil on a boat during a patrol on the Gomati river near India-Bangladesh border ahead of India's 73rd Independence Day celebrations at Srimantapur village, some 59 kms south of Agartala, the capital of the northeastern state of Tripura. (Photo AFP)

Students take part in a full dress rehearsal for the 73rd Independence Day parade, in Amritsar, Aug 13, 2019. (PTI Photo)

Students perform during a rehearsal for the Independence Day function at Manekshaw Parade Ground in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019. (PTI Photo)

Students of Allahabad Central University make a sand sculpture of Indian map ahead of 73rd Independence Day celebrations in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Tuesday, August 13, 2019. (PTI Photo)