India gears up for its 71st Independence Day

Boys wave a Tricolour ahead of the India's Independence Day, at the Marina beach in Chennai (PTI photo)

Armed Police personnel during Independence Day rehearsals at Fort St George in Chennai (TOI photo by C Suresh Kumar)

Indian Navy participate in rehearsals for the Independence Day at Victory At Sea, Naval War Memorial in Visakhapatnam (TOI photo by N Kanaka)

Kids in Bhubaneswar hyped up for August 15 (PTI photo)

Members of the fishermen community holding the Tricolour atop boats at Lower Lake in Bhopal (PTI photo)

Students gear up for Independence Day celebrations in Indore (TOI photo by Pravin Barnale)

An IPS officer leads full dress rehearsal at Gandhi Maidan in Patna (PTI photo)

Services' personnel march during full dress rehearsal of the 71th Independence Day function at Red Fort in New Delhi (TOI photo Yogesh Kumar)

A vendor selling tri-cloured items at a shop in Old Delhi (PTI photo)

Full dress rehearsal at the Parade Ground, Sector-17, Chandigarh (TOI Photo by Pritam Thakur)

A police personnel takes a selfie on Sunday on the sidelines of the full dress rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar (PTI photo)