India is celebrating its 79th Independence Day on August 15, 2025, with great pride and patriotic fervour. This year’s celebrations embraced the theme "Naya Bharat", highlighting the vision of a prosperous, secure, and self-reliant nation while honouring the success of Operation Sindoor.
From the iconic Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the tricolour and addressed the nation, inspiring citizens to unite for a stronger future.
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25+ Independence Day quotes to share
"Let us build an India proud of her independence, strong, self-reliant, and united." – Jawaharlal Nehru
"A country’s greatness lies in its undying ideal of love and sacrifice." – Sarojini Naidu
"We are Indians, firstly and lastly." – B.R. Ambedkar
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi
"Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom." – Subhas Chandra Bose
“Don’t see others doing better than you; beat your records every day, because success is a fight between you and yourself." – Chandra Shekhar Azad
"A nation can rise only when its people are educated." – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
"Citizenship consists in the service of the country." – Jawaharlal Nehru
"Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it." – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation." – Mahatma Gandhi
"Freedom is not given; it is taken." – Subhas Chandra Bose
The future depends on what you do today." – Mahatma Gandhi
"True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right." – Brigham Young
"One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives." – Subhas Chandra Bose
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"The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people." – Bhagat Singh
"The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas." – Bhagat Singh
"It is easy to kill individuals, but you cannot kill the ideas." – Bhagat Singh
"Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottages, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobblers and sweepers." – Swami Vivekananda
"The preservation of freedom is not the task of soldiers alone. "The whole nation has to be strong." – Lal Bahadur Shastri
"A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and the souls of its people." – Mahatma Gandhi
"If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins." – Chandra Shekhar Azad
