Independence Day in India is always a celebration with a riot of colours. On the 69th anniversary of India’s independence, people celebrated in rain and in shine, on water and on land.
The Quint brings to you a compilation of a diverse array of photos, showing just how people forgot all their problems today to celebrate as one.
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2Fe9aa2fee-9c28-437b-9960-8d07e35fe850%2F70.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F08bba28e-e31e-4ab4-b4cf-40d45305e298%2Fmodi.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F4ae984b3-788b-4235-aa54-b6fe2a3dfadc%2Fkashmir.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F0a8b4ad2-a15b-4d78-a175-96bc193dfe9e%2FUP.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F27a5339b-1013-4f46-baa4-cdc5d313d99b%2Fballoon.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F0d743b8b-1b0e-4cf9-92a5-c7b4d3f80711%2Fwagah.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F720477bf-f778-437c-99f0-91b80455c25e%2Fkashmir-mehbooba.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2Fc8b0ce90-f584-4ca5-8291-5aadd5dd7cae%2Futtarakhand.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F67f5f5de-b710-4645-bda2-b464a6ba2549%2Fbhopal.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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![The tri-colour is not just the flag, it’s also the feeling of pride that comes with it.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2016-08%2F1da102f3-dbea-44e3-b4d0-6e21efa632bf%2Fhyderabad.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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