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The 68th Independent of the country was celebrated at Rosario cathedral on 15th morning after mass. The national flag was unfurled by Fr J.B.Crasta. 

In his speech he explained the colour of the National flag. The National flag of India (affectionately called तिरंगा meaning 'tricolor') has three equal horizontal bands - the top panel is India saffron (Kesari), the bottom panel is India green and white middle band bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue color with 24 equally spaced spokes. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya.

He said that the beauty of India is that there are 28 states and 7 union territories, the census covered 640 districts, 5,767 tehsils, 7,933 towns and more than 600,000 villages. There are more than 1200 languages are spoken in India. This is called the unity in diversity. Let us all of should feel proud of India that we are the citizens of this great country.

Fr Amith Rodrigues and Fr Alwyn were present for the Flag hoisting ceremony. The RYM member conducted the whole show. The youth sang patriotic songs. Miss Sandra welcomed the gathering and introduced the main guest and Shifali Rosario compared the programme. All the members of RYM were present. At the end sweets were distributed to all the people present.