America's 250th Independence Day: A.R. Rahman, Isha Ambani and others feature in special video

The US Embassy in India has celebrated the United States' 250th Independence Day with a special video featuring greetings from some of India's most prominent personalities. The video opens with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who describes India as the world's largest democracy and the United States as the world's oldest, expressing hope for an even stronger partnership.

The tribute includes messages from Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, astronaut Sunita Williams, actor R. Madhavan, business leader Isha Ambani, former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, musician A.R. Rahman, chess legend Viswanathan Anand, entrepreneur Raj Shamani, and several others.