By: Ankita Kulkarni
September 1 2020
True: Indian soldiers hoisted the tricolor flag at Pangong lake.
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The Indo-Tibetan Border Police soldiers celebrated the 74th Independence Day by unfurling the tricolor flag at Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh.
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The Indo-Tibetan Border Police soldiers celebrated the 74th Independence Day by unfurling the tricolor flag at Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh.The ITBP is India's primary border patrol organization established in the year 1962. The ITBP soldiers celebrated the 74th Independence Day on August 15 at the height of around 16,000 feet in Ladakh on the Pangong lake banks. A video shows them marching with the tricolor flag, chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram.'