Birmingham: A Beautiful event was held to celebrate the 70th India Independence day in Town Hall Victoria Square on Tuesday the 15th August 2017. The event was highly successful and was enjoyed by many people of all ages and from different backgrounds. The event was organised by Consulate General of India Birmingham. A number of guest speakers delivered speeches to remind the audience of the sacrifices made to allow India it’s independence and to raise hope towards a brighter future for India. Furthermore there was a Traditional Dance , National Songs, and lot of entertainments.Host By Dr Aman Puri Consul General of India Birmingham & Pankaj Sharma Consul Consulate General of India Birmingham Special Guests Mr John Crabtree, Lord Lieutenant for West Midlands representing H M The Queen, Prof Dr Rashid Gatrad Deputy Lord Lieutenant,Deputy Lord Lieutenant Satya Sharma, Neena Gill MEP for the West Midlands, Pir Syed Mohammed Bilal Chishty Ajmeeri Angarah Shah Ajmeer Sharif India, Lord Bhattacharyya Member House of Lords,Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Carl Rice, Mayor of Dudley Councillor Dave Tyler,Mayor of Milton Keynes Councillor Tejpal Bains, Former Mayor of Rugby Ramesh Srivastava, Ex Lord Mayor of Coventry Councillor Ram Lakha , Deputy Mayor of Telford Councillor Rajash Mehta,Ex Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Tarsem Singh,Councillor Chaman Lal, Mr & Mrs Davinder Prasad BOPA, The first female Sikh MP in UK Preet Gill , Dr Chithra Ramakrishnan, Councillor Deepak Bajaj, Hamid Malik Chairman Freedom of Indian Muslim Organizations Midlands UK, Sanjay Kumar Garag Senior Manger Punjab National Bank (Intentional) Limited, Sanjay Mane Branch Head Punjab National Bank (Intentional) Limited, Bholi Randhawa , K S Bhamrah Apna Sangeet, Nat Puri, Gurpreet Bhatia, H.S.Bhatia, Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK His Excellence Mohammad Zulqar Nain, Nirmal Mahay, Manohar Lal, Ashok Puri, Dhol King Gurcharan Mall, Amrick Singh Ubhi, Farooq Naseem, Vibhanshu Dixit, Namita Sharma, Kamal Ahir and many many others Coverage by S M Irfan Tahir Photojournalist National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Great Britain.