New Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the people of the country on the occasion of India's 78th Independence Day.

Later in the day, the prime minister will attend the celebrations at the historic Red Fort where he will deliver his 11th Independence Day address.

"Independence Day greetings to my fellow Indians. Jai Hind!," Modi said in a post on X in English and Hindi.

The Indian contingent which took part in the Paris Olympics, students benefiting from the Atal Innovation Mission, workers of the Border Roads Organisation and sarpanches of the gram panchayats are among the 6,000 special guests invited to the 78th Independence Day celebrations here.