Independence Day Celebrations 2026 to honour ‘150 Years of Vande Mataram’ & ‘Yuva Shakti for Viksit Bharat@2047’

  In a first, ‘Vande Mataram’ to be sung from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort Prime Minister to unfurl the National Flag & address...

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In a first, ‘Vande Mataram’ to be sung from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort

Prime Minister to unfurl the National Flag & address the Nation

Approx. 5,000 Special Guests invited to witness the grand celebrations

New Delhi.

Asal Baat news. 

The Nation will mark its 80th Independence Day on August 15, 2026, with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi leading the celebrations from the historic Red Fort in Delhi. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on August 10, 2026, Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh stated that as 2026 marks 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’, the National Song that inspired millions during the freedom struggle will be sung from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the first time as a tribute to its enduring legacy.

‘Vande Mataram’ will be sung upon the Prime Minister’s arrival at Red Fort. Thereafter, he will unfurl the National Flag and deliver the customary address to the Nation. The celebrations this year will also commemorate Yuva Shakti, acknowledging the contribution of young India in building a Viksit Bharat by 2047, the Defence Secretary added.

150 years of Vande Mataram

The floral decoration will showcase ‘Vande Mataram’, with a total of 2,500 boy & girl cadets of NCC and My Bharat volunteers forming ‘वंदे मातरम्’ on Gyanpath opposite the Rampart. A Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force will carry a banner commemorating 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’, and shower flower petals over the people gathered at Red Fort.

Military Band Performances

Paying tribute to the anthem that united and inspired generations during the freedom struggle, a number of band performances are being held pan-India from August 08, 2026. The performances by the bands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Indian Coast Guard, NCC, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Border Security Force (BSF), Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Assam Rifles at 343 prominent locations will continue till August 15, 2026. Entry to these band performance venues is open to the public to promote patriotic fervour among citizens.