“We have been holding this event since 2008,” mentioned Col Vipin Kumar, India House’s government director. “There was a poetry reading this year, and my favorite highlight was the rendition of ‘Sare Jahan se Achha’ on the piano by a seven-year-old boy.”

What is Indian Independence Day?

Independence Day on Aug. 15 is widely known like a competition all through India, and by Indian communities world wide. 

This 12 months marks the 77th anniversary of India’s emancipation from British rule. The ritual entails the unfurling of India’s tricolor flag, simply because it was raised in 1947 after the decreasing of the Union Jack.

Houston has added its personal contact to the ceremony, arranging 4 flagpoles outdoors India House on Tuesday. The elevating of the Indian tricolor was accompanied, in succession, by the unfurling of the Stars and Stripes, the Lone Star Flag, and eventually, the India House flag.

Alongside the singing of the Indian and American nationwide anthems, the gathering featured a poetry studying, music and provoking speeches.

I missed the ceremony, is there one other one I can attend?

If you might be in the hunt for an Indian Independence Day celebration to take part in, the India Culture Center will host its annual Indian Independence Day celebration from 1-7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Stafford Civic Center, 10505 Cash Rd. in Stafford. In addition to the flag elevating, the free, family-friendly occasion will characteristic conventional performances, meals, and enjoyable.