Amarinder Singh also urged the people to come together in paying homage to the brave freedom fighters "who gave away their present for our better future."
Former Deputy Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Tuesday hoisted the national flag at his residence here to mark the 77th Independence Day.
More than 88 million selfies of people from across the country with the national flag were uploaded on the central government's Har Ghar Tiranga website till 12 noon on Tuesday under the three-day campaign being run since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fresh clarion call on Sunday.
A contingent of the Indian Navy, which is in Australia currently to participate in 'Exercise Malabar', hoisted the tricolour on Indian Naval Warships, INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, at Sydney on the occasion of 77th Independence Day.
President Droupadi Murmu laid a wreath and paid tributes at the National War Memorial in the national capital on the occasion of 77th Independence Day.
On the occasion of India's 77th Independence Day, actor Sunny Deol visited the Infantry Research Center and Museum of in (MHOW) Military Head Quarters of War.
Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General KT Parnaik (Retd) hoisted the National Flag at Raj Bhavan here on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day on Tuesday.