PM Modi hoists National Flag at Red Fort on 77th Independence Day

77th Independence Day is being celebrated across the country today. Prime Minister Modi hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort in Delhi.

The country's first Prime Minister Congress leader Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 to 1963) hoisted the flag at Red Fort 17 times. By this, he has written the record of being the Prime Minister who hoisted the tricolor flag on the Red Fort the most times.

Modi will become the first non-Congress Prime Minister to hoist the flag at Red Fort for the 10th consecutive time.

In the state, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will hoist the flag at Maniksha Parade Ground in Bangalore.