Anurag Thakur hoists Tiranga at Delhi home under Har Ghar Tiranga
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On the eve of Independence Day 2026, BJP MP Anurag Thakur hoisted the national flag at his New Delhi residence, joining millions of Indians participating in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to turn every household into a declaration of national pride.
Posting in Hindi on 14 August 2026, Thakur wrote: 'हमारा तिरंगा, हमारा गौरव' — 'Our Tricolour, our pride.' He described the flag as a symbol of India's freedom, unity, and glory, adding that it reminds citizens of the country's cultural diversity and inspires a living sense of patriotism and responsibility. He also paid tribute to India's 'immortal martyrs' as he saluted the flag.
What Har Ghar Tiranga asks of every Indian
The Har Ghar Tiranga campaign was launched in August 2022 by the Ministry of Culture as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, marking 75 years of Indian independence. Its premise is simple and deliberate: make the Tricolour a household presence, not just a government-building fixture. Every flag hoisted is meant to be a personal act of constitutional ownership.
The campaign has since become an annual mid-August fixture. Political figures, public servants, and ordinary citizens across the country hoist flags at their homes, share photographs, and invoke the memory of those who fought for independence — turning a government initiative into a recurring national ritual.
Thakur's salute and the martyrs he remembered
Thakur, the Lok Sabha MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh and former Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, framed his participation not merely as civic duty but as an act of remembrance. His post urged all Indians to join the campaign — 'let us all hoist the Tricolour at our homes and become part of this great movement of national devotion.'
The message lands a day before 15 August, when India marks another Independence Day — a moment the Tiranga campaign is designed to make personal, not just ceremonial.
The flag flies at millions of homes. The question it poses is the same one it always has: what does it mean to you?