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Bollywood wishes people on Independence Day

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 15, 2019, at 04:02 pm

#Bollywood #IndependenceDay #IndiaIndependenceDay

Mumbai, Aug 15 (IBNS): Several Bollywood stars have wished people on the occasion of India's 73rd Independence Day.

Acting legend Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "15th August our Independence Day .. JAI HIND !! Our pride our honour our celebration .. EVER .."

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— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 14, 2019

Sharing his old photo on Twitter, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor said, "Jai Hind!"

Jai Hind! pic.twitter.com/1MctzNaS6k
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) August 14, 2019

"Wishing everybody a very happy #IndependenceDay. To all my brothers and sisters all across our beautiful country we are the largest democracy in the world where so many beautiful religions live In harmony let’s show the world mile sur mera tumhara toh sur bane humara #jaihind" tweeted Varun Dhawan.

Wishing everybody a very happy #IndependenceDay. To all my brothers and sisters all across our beautiful country we are the largest democracy in the world where so many beautiful religions live In harmony let’s show the world mile sur mera tumhara toh sur bane humara #jaihind pic.twitter.com/ebDzWITQAz
— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) August 15, 2019

Actress Taapsee Pannu shared a video on Twitter saying, "A very Happy Independence to all Indians across the globe Jai Hindi "

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A very Happy Independence to all Indians across the globe
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— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 15, 2019

Rajkummar Rao shared a clipping from his own work Bose: Dead/Alive in the micro-blogging site saying, " Wishing all of you a very happy Independence Day."

Wishing all of you a very happy Independence Day. pic.twitter.com/aEroilq5xI
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) August 15, 2019

India attained its independence from the British rule on August 15, 1947.

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