August 15 marks India’s liberation from British rule, and January 26 marks the day the Constitution of India came into effect. Each date carries its own traditions tied to the flag.

Shivangi Pathak from Haryana celebrated Republic Day by hoisting the tricolour on Mount Kojisco, Australia's highest peak.

India is celebrating its 76th Republic Day with a colorful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity at a ceremony on a boulevard in the heart of country’s capital.

Colourful tableaux, fighter jet formations and motorbike stunts by army daredevils marked India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Sunday, commemorating the day the nation's secular constitution came into effect in 1950.