New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- India is celebrating its 79th Independence Day today, 15 August. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi after hoisting the national flag as part of official events.

This is PM Narendra Modi's first Independence Day address from Red Fort after Operation Sindoor - India's precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan in May this year in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April.

Narendra Modi paid tributes to the defence forces in his address for the successful conduct of Operation Sindoor.

Here are some facts about speeches given by Prime Ministers from the Red Fort on Independence Day. ...