The Prime Minister on 21st October hoisted tricolour at the Red Fort to mark the 75th anniversary of the 'Azad Hind Government' headed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Traditionally, the Prime Minister hoists the national tricolour at the historic Red Fort on Independence Day on August 15.
Bose had announced the formation of the country's first independent government - 'Azad Hind Government' - on October 21, 1943.
It was a part of the freedom movement, originating in 1940s outside India with a purpose of allying with Axis powers to free India from British rule.