Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Ongole tricolour rally marks India's 80th Independence Day
India celebrates a special birthday called Independence Day.
This year was the 80th one.
In a city called Ongole, about 3,000 people walked together in a big parade.
They carried the Indian flag, which has orange, white, and green colours, so it is called a tricolour rally.
Students, young people, government workers, and local leaders all joined.
The walk started at Prakasam Bhavan and ended at Mini Stadium.
A leader called the district collector told everyone that India is free today because many great people made big sacrifices.
He asked everyone to work together to make India even better.
The people also promised to join fun activities like planting trees and taking selfies with the flag.
Around 3,000 people took part in a tricolour rally in Ongole to mark India's 80th Independence Day.
Students, youth, government department staff, and local leaders carried national flags from Prakasam Bhavan to Mini Stadium, raising Vande Mataram slogans.
District Collector P Raja Babu and Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari led the rally and attended the closing programme at Mini Stadium.
The collector said today's free India is the result of the sacrifices of many great leaders and urged citizens to work toward the Viksit Bharat and Swarna Andhra 2047 targets.
Special programmes including Har Ghar Tiranga, selfie events, tree planting, and flag rallies are being held for five days.
- Who
- District Collector P Raja Babu and Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari, with around 3,000 students, youth, government staff, and local leaders.
- What
- A tricolour rally and closing programme celebrating the 80th Independence Day of India.
- When
- Thursday, on the occasion of the 80th Independence Day of India.
- Where
- Ongole, from Prakasam Bhavan to Mini Stadium.
- Why
- To honour the sacrifices behind India's freedom and encourage citizens to contribute to national development goals, including the Viksit Bharat and Swarna Andhra 2047 targets.
- Event
- 80th Independence Day tricolour rally
- Participants
- Around 3,000 people
- Location
- Ongole, from Prakasam Bhavan to Mini Stadium
- Date
- Thursday (80th Independence Day of India)
- Led by
- District Collector P Raja Babu and Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari
- Slogans raised
- Vande Mataram
- Five-day programmes
- Har Ghar Tiranga, selfie events, tree planting, flag rallies
- Development targets cited
- Viksit Bharat and Swarna Andhra 2047