INDEPENDENCE DAY 2018: Here are some rare pictures from India's first Independence Day

First PM Jawahar Lal Nehru addressing the nation on Independence Day/ (Image: YouTube screengrab)

First Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru as he hoists the Tricolour at Red Fort .( Image: Screengrab from YouTube)

On August 15 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, delivered his famous "tryst with destiny" speech at Parliament House in New Delhi. Holding a Tricolour in his hand, Nehru had given a stirring speech. The flag was then hoisted atop Parliament House next morning. (Image: AFP/PIB/STR)

Over half a million people had poured in to watch the event at India Gate which led to the abandoning of the scheduled drill and march past.(Image: AFP /HO-Directorate of Public Relations)

In this picture taken on 15 August 1947, crowds of revellers gather to celebrate independence from Britain around Rasina Hill in New Delhi. (Image: AFP /HO-Directorate of Public Relations)

British Governor-General Lord Mountbatten (C) gestures alongside Lady Edwina Mountbatten (2R) and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (R) as they witnesses the raising of the Indian Tricolour for the first time at India Gate in New Delhi (Image: AFP /HO-Directorate of Public Relations)