Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the contributions of leaders such as Sardar Patel, B.R. Ambedkar and Subhash Chandra Bose to the freedom struggle were 'deliberately' forgotten to glorify 'one family' in a veiled attack on the Nehru-Gandhi clan.

The comments from the Prime Minister, wearing an Azad Hind Fauj cap, came at an event at Red Fort to mark the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the Azad Hind government by Bose. 'It is unfair that to glorify one family. The contribution of several other great leaders was deliberately forgotten. It is high time more Indians knew about the historic role of stalwarts Sardar Patel, Babasaheb Ambedkar and Netaji Subhas Bose,' he said.

Modi hoisted the national flag at Red Fort and unveiled a plaque. Traditionally, the Prime Minister unfurls the Tricolour at Red Fort on Independence Day.

The Prime Minister lamented that post-Independence, India's policies were based on the British system as 'things were seen through British glasses'.

'Policies, including those related to education, had to suffer because of this,' he said.

The plaque will be placed at barrack three in the Red Fort where members of the Azad Hind Fauj faced trial. A museum will be set up in the barrack.

Modi said in the later decades of independent India 'if the country had got the guidance of personalities like Subhash Babu, Sardar Patel, the conditions would vary greatly'.

Modi said that his government is changing that now.