2012-08-15 Photo gallery

A small girl watching the Indian national flags as a street vendor arranged at Cubbon Park in Bangalore. DHPhoto

A person was seen selling the National Flag in Jaya Deva circle, Davangere .DH Photo

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inspects guard of honour before addressing the nation on 66th Independence Day in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Indian students participate in India's Independence Day celebrations in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on August 15, 2012. Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech to promise to improve conditions for foreign investment in the count...

An Indian woman dressed as Bharath Matha (Mother of India) poses with a tricolour flag during India's Independence Day celebrations in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on August 15, 2012. Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech to pr...

Indian school-children participate in India's Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2012. Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech to promise to improve conditions for foreign investment in the country after ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and others Congress party leaders salute the Tricolour during celebration of the 66th Independence Day at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

President Pranab Mukherjee alongwith three services chiefs paying homage at the Amar Jawan Jyoti on the occasion of 66th Independence Day at the India Gate in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

A Judo performer jumps through a wheel during 66th Independence day function at Parade Grounds in Bengaluru on Wednesday. PTI

Security personnel along with bomb squad investigating at the site of explosion at Mahabali Temple in Imphal East on Wednesday. PTI

Pakistani and Indian revellers hold up candles and Indo-Pak joint national flags near the border gate during a vigil marking their respective countries' Independence Days at the India-Pakistan border in Wagah late on August 14, 2012. Pakistan celebra...

A woman dressed as Mother India poses with India's national flags during the country's Independence Day celebrations in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad August 15, 2012. REUTERS

school girls perform on the occasion of 66th anniversary of India's independence from British rule, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP

Filmmake Karan Johar consoles actor Riteish Deshmukh, son of the late Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, during his funeral at Babhalgaon in Latur on Wednesday. PTI

Sachin Tendulkar during his practice session at NCA in Bangalore on Wednesday. DH Photo

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf with model Leena Kapoor who filed a complaint with police against him for allegedly exploiting her with a false promise. PTI

Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif perform as Madhuri Dixit applauds on the sets of a TV show in Mumbai on Tuesday night. PTI

President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime minister Manmohan Singh,Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi during At Home organized on the occasion of Independence Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram with BJP Senior leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley during At Home organized on the occasion of Independence Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams displays the Tricolour on board the International Space Station and wished Indians on the eve of 66th Independence Day, on Tuesday. TV Grab/PTI

Union Ministers Sharad Pawar, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Vayalar Ravi during the funeral ceremoy of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in Latur on Wednesday. PTI

Tri-colour displayed on India Gate on the occasion of Independence Day in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

Patna: Tri-coloured balloons flying in the sky during Independent Day celebrations in Patna on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Mangalore: Students celebrating the 66th Independence Day in Mangalore on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A boy tries to control an Indian national flag from the wind as it is installed at a wholesale market on the occasion of India's Independence Day celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai August 15, 2012. REUTERS/Babu