India gears up to celebrate Independence Day

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha illuminated ahead of Independence Day in Lucknow. (Source: PTI)

School students hold a 200-meter-long Indian national flag during India's Independence Day celebrations in Chennai. (Source: PTI)

School students take a 200-meter-long flag to commemorate Independence Day. (Source: PTI)

Special children at a rehearsal of Independence Day function at Assam Vetenary College play ground, Khanapara in Guwahati. (Source: PTI)

A school student at the full dress rehearsal of Independence Day parade in Ajmer. (Source: PTI)

Children running with tricolours ahead of Independence Day in a village of Mirzapur. (Source: PTI)

Schoolgirls dressed in the colours of the flag participate in rehearsals for Independence Day celebrations in Ajmer. (Source: PTI)

School students with their faces painted in tricolor ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Allahabad. (Source: PTI)

A woman selling miniature flags ahead of Independence Day in Ahmedabad. (Source: PTI)