NEW DELHI, 15 August 2024 (TON) - India is commemorating its 78th Independence Day today on 15 August. The nation achieved Independence from colonial rule on 15 August 1947, after a long-standing struggle spanning nearly two centuries of British rule. India is still a sub-continent of numerous nations struggling for independence.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called a meeting with army and intelligence chiefs on Wednesday and planned military operations in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. Thousands of additional troops and drones have been deployed in the Indian-held disputed mountainous region, where new army posts have been authorized.

In an operation carried out by a joint team of Army, Border Security Force (BSF) and police in Doda district seven civilian Kashmiris were martyred on night 14/15 August 2024. In another operation, Captain Deepak Singh of 48 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in an exchange of fire between the freedom fighters who were resisting Indian Independence Day celebrations on 15 August in Srinagar and other districts.

The Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will unfurl the Indian flag at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, which the Kashmiris have always resisted as a routine event every year. Indian authorities expand millions of rupees to organize this single event but Kashmiris are determined to exercise their right of self-determination to attain independence as guaranteed under the UNSC Resolutions.