A section of the Indian community here celebrated their country's 63rd Independence Day by donating blood as a tribute to freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to achieve independence from British rule. India received its independence on August 15, 1947. Around 150 members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ), a social organization from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, gathered at the King Fahd Medical City and donated around 56 liters of blood. Faisal Muhammed, an engineer working with a company and a TNTJ coordinator, said that the organization's members decided to celebrate the country's Independence Day in a meaningful manner and express patriotism in a way that could help others and save lives. “We marked our country's 63rd Independence Day in a unique style by organizing a massive blood donation camp in Riyadh. We did that to honor the heroes of India's freedom struggle,” said Muhammed. He said each member of TNTJ visited the KFMC and donated 450 ml of blood. The entire procedure from the general health check to blood donation took less than 30 minutes.
