New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday extended her heartiest greetings to the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day.

"It is a matter of pride for all of us that Independence Day and Republic Day are celebrated by every Indian with great enthusiasm. These are days that especially remind us of our being proud Indians," President Murmu said in the beginning of her address.

She remembered the horrors of 1947 partition and said that countrymen should never forget the pain inflicted due to it, adding that terrible violence was witnessed in the course of events and that the nation pays tributes to the victims of the follies of history.

Addressing the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day, President Murmu...