Prof Kamal Chopra, general secretary, OPA, said, “It is the time to remember our heroes who were instrumental for the independence of our nation. It is the time to pay homage to all known and unknown stalwarts who sacrificed their life so that we can live peacefully in an independent country.”

Aggarwal said, “I am glad that we are here to celebrate the day. Printers are the custodians of India’s colours, and our wishes are that our tricolour must fly high so that we can live with prestige in our beloved country.”

Kushl Kumar Jain, senior vice-president, Gagandeep Singh, vice-president, Hans Raj Chopra, finance secretary, and Amarjot Arora, secretary of OPA also paid tributes on the occasion.

Others present on the occasion were, Aman Gupta, Nitin Malik, Shellinder Shelly, Rohan Oberai, Arun Sharma, Asrar Tareen, Ankush Gupta, Jagtar Singh, Des Raj Saharan, Jagdish Vohra, Parul Garg and Davinder Singh.