<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Indian<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> embassy in </span>Maldives<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> celebrated the nation's 72nd   Independence Day with enthusiasm and nationalistic </span>fervor<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Indian ambassador </span>Mr.<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Akhilesh Mishra unfurled the national flag in Male amidst </span>presence<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> of hundreds of people. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">He read out the excerpts of President's speech and remembered the great sacrifices of our freedom fighters. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The ambassador also appreciated the role of </span>Indian<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> community in strengthening India-Maldives friendship and cooperation at the grassroots level. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Later, he inaugurated a photo exhibition on Indian freedom fighters at Indian cultural </span>center<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A cultural programme has been scheduled in the evening to mark the occasion.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>