For the first time, since independence, the national flag was raised high at the Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru.
The site has been turned into a police fortress with more than 1,000 personnel deputed to maintain law and order. Flag hoisting was carried out by the Bengaluru North Sub-Division officer Shivanna attached to the Revenue Department.
Congress MLA and former minister Zameer Ahmad Khan, Bengaluru Central MP P.C. Mohan and other officers were also present.
After the flag hoisting, students from BBMP schools performed cultural programmes and the Revenue Department as well as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities distributed sweets to the public.
It was an eye-soothing moment for all to see the tricolor flying high there in the maidan.
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