This is the video that made double amputee Dev Mishra, 22, a local celebrity after he uploaded the inspiration footage to celebrate India's Republic Day.<br /><br />The video, recorded on January 26, shows Dev climbing a flagpole and unfurling himself as the flag. <br /><br />Dev lost both his legs in 2015 when he was a little over 17 years. <br /><br />He was waiting at a railway station near his village in BeguSarai district in Bihar when he was pushed from behind and the train severing both his legs just below the waist. <br /><br />After travelling to New Delhi for prosthetic legs, Dev received the crushing news that his legs had been too damaged to wear prosthetics. <br /><br />Not wanting to return to his family that couldn't afford to support him, Dev took a train to Mumbai, where he knew no one with just 500 rupees.<br /><br />Dev waited in front of the homes of Bollywood stars in the hope to find some help before a chance meeting with celebrity jewellery designer Farah Khan turned his life around. <br /><br />Farah supported Dev financially, giving him an opportunity to join a gym, and started weight lifting and dance classes.<br /><br />He now makes a living from bodybuilding and dance shows and has brought his mother, sister and her daughter to live with him in Mumbai.
