India celebrates its 69th Independence Day on August 15, 2015

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India celebrates its 69th Independence Day on August 15, 2015. Let's take a look at some memorable moments and rare pics. (Getty Images)

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A 15 August 1947 photo shows Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, delivering his famous 'tryst with destiny' speech at Parliament House in New Delhi. (Getty Images)

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India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressing the nation on the first Independence day from the Red Fort in Delhi. (BCCL/S. Shiv Kumar)

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An old Picture showing the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressing the nation on the first Independence day from the Red Fort in Delhi. (BCCL/S. Shiv Kumar)

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A file picture showing the foreign troops leaving India after Independence. (BCCL/S. Shiv Kumar)

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An old picture of the father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom struggle of India. (BCCL/S. Shiv Kumar)

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Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer and leader of the movement for India's independence, visited Britain in 1931 to fecilitate the nations's freedom. (BCCL/S. Shiv Kumar)

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Mahatma Gandhi and his followers in March 1931, at the time of a truce between Britain and Indian nationalist. (Getty Images)

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Mohandas Gandhi reading as he sits cross-legged on floor next to a spinning wheel which looms in the foreground as a symbol of India's struggle for independence, at home. (Getty Images)

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