New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag before addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort marking India's 80th Independence Day on Saturday.

The Independence Day celebrations on 15th August are synonymous with the unfurling of the national flag by the Prime Minister on the Red Fort, in Delhi.

But Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, did not unfurl the national flag at Red Fort on August 15, 1947.

Instead, on August 15, 1947, India's national flag was first unfurled at the midnight Constituent Assembly session in New Delhi, followed by official hoistings at Princess Park near India Gate, at Fort St. George in Chennai at dawn, and internationally at India House...