Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurls the national flag at Red Fort on 79th Independence Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun addressing the nation from the Red Fort as India marks the 79th Independence Day.
Modi began his speech by calling Independence Day as the ‘great festival of freedom’. He also said it is the festival of hope and aspirations.
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In his address from Red Fort, Modi hailed Operation Sindoor and its heroes, saying the forces “punished enemies beyond their imagination”.
“After April 22, we gave armed forces free hand to respond to terrorists and our forces did something that never happened for decades went inside the enemy territory and destroyed terrorist infrastructure,” Modi said.
“Destruction inflicted by our armed forces in Pakistan was so widespread, that new revelations being made every day,” he added.
He also recalled the Pahalgam terror attack and said Operation Sindoor was a representation of people’s anger.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered stalwarts such as Dr Rajendra Prasad, Babasaheb B R Ambedkar, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan during his address to the nation on the 79th Independence Day from the Red Fort.
He also paid homage to the visionaries who drafted India’s Constitution and underlined the role of women leaders in shaping the document
“Our Nari Shakti also played an important role. Leaders like Hansa Mehta and Dakshayani Velayudhan made significant contributions in strengthening the Constitution of India, the prime minister said, highlighting the contributions of women members of the Constituent Assembly.
While the world worries about global warming, India has achieved its ambitious climate target of having 50 per cent of its cumulative installed electricity capacity from non-fossil-based sources five years ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, he said, “When the world today worries about global warming, India had decided that by 2030 we would increase the contribution of clean energy (to cumulative installed power capacity) to 50 per cent in the country.
“Look at the capability and determination of my fellow citizens that the goal we had set for 2030, we achieved in 2025 itself, five years ahead of schedule… We are just as sensitive towards the world as we are responsible towards nature.”
As of June 30, 2025, India’s total installed electricity capacity stood at 484.8 GW, of which 242.8 GW (or 50.08 percent) came from non-fossil-fuel sources, including renewables, large hydropower, and nuclear energy.
