Updated On: 15 August, 2024 11:43 AM IST | ronak mastakar
Schools, societies, police, and locals celebrated the 78th Independence Day in Mumbai amid great fervour on Thursday. Pics/Anurag Ahire, Atul Kamble

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Kids dressed up in the colours of the national flag, holding the tricolour, celebrate India`s 78th Independence Day in Goregaon on Thursday.
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The present and the future: School children participate in a flag-hoisting ceremony with the police in Goregaon.

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Kids gather in a Sion society ahead of the flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day
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Residents participate in the flag-hoisting ceremony at Sion

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Mumbai Police personnel participate in the flag-hoisting ceremony in Goregaon
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Residents hoist the flag at the Press Enclave in Sion
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