Virtual Indian Independence Day / / No Comments Today is Indian Independence Day. On this day India celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom. On 15 August 1947 Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, raised the Indian flag above the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi. Since then every year on Independence Day the incumbent Prime Minister repeats the ceremony by raising the flag over the Red Fort and by addressing Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Independence, Indian, Virtual