Aug 15, 2009 – Mysore Palace, Mysore, India – Vladpans/eStock Photo

• Can you name the leader of the Indian independence movement?Martin Luther King, Jr., considered him a role model
• The city of Mysore, India, lights up this palace for all 10 days of the Dasara festival each year.What else happens during Dasara?
• Today is Indian Independence Day, the 62nd anniversary of the end of British rule in India.Learn more about it
• The Mysore Palace was once the official residence of the royal family of Mysore.See an aerial map of the palace