Kolkata mounted police ride their horses after taking part in a full dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations in the cityImage by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
A tailor stitches the national flag at Sadar Bazaar, on August 11, 2019 in New Delhi, IndiaImage by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel keep a boat vigil on the Gomati river near the India-Bangladesh border ahead of India"s 73rd Independence Day celebrations at Srimantapur Tripura on August 12Image by ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images
Schoolchildren participate in a dress rehearsal for celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 13, 2019Image by MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images
In Jammu, police personnel walk together after a full dress-rehearsal of the Indian Independence Day celebrations on August 13, 2019Image by RAKESH BAKSHI/AFP/Getty Images
IPS officer Rakshitha K. Murthy raises a salute as she leads a contingent in rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations at Golconda Fort in Hyderabad on August 13, 2019Image by NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images
Assam police stand with their guns during a full-dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati on August 13, 2019, as India prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule on August 15Image by BIJU BORO/AFP/Getty Images
A student holds a national flag during a flash mob at a railway station in Mumbai, India on August 13, for an Independence Day campaignImage by Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Indian school girls get ready to perform a Punjabi folk dance, "Giddha", for Independence Day at Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar on August 13Image by NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images
