Kolkata, Aug 15 (PTI) Along with the rest of the country, West Bengal celebrated Independence Day with much fanfare as the tricolour was hoisted in all localities across the state and morning rallies (prabhat feries) were taken out eulogising national heroes such as Subhas Chandra Bose, Khudiram Bose, among others.
Governor CV Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took part in separate functions and paid tributes to the freedom fighters.
Banerjee unfurled the national flag on Red Road here where tableaux of various shapes and sizes highlighted the various social welfare schemes of the state government in addition to march past by police and schoolchildren.
Bose paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Ghat, Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas, and at the Gandhi statue on Mayo Road here and visited Aurobindo Bhavan on Shakespeare Sarani to pay obeisance to the revolutionary, Aurobindo Ghosh, who later embraced spiritualism to become Rishi Aurobindo.
Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, hoisted the national flag at the BJP office in Nandigram and paid tributes to martyr Khudiram Bose at another place.
Tricolour fluttered in different city localities as clubs, social organisations and political parties hoisted flags at their local offices while many organisations took out colourful morning processions where children carrying flags marched on singing patriotic songs.
National flags were hoisted in state and central government offices and PSUs where employees participated in various cultural programmes organised on the occasion.
People thronged tourist spots such as the Eco Park, Indian Museum, Alipore Jail Museum and others while malls and theatres teemed with youngsters.
Several sweetmeat shops brought out special ‘Swadhinata Sandesh’ coloured in saffron, white and green which sold like hot cakes. PTI SUS MNB
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