New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) India is about to have fun its seventy fifth Republic Day on Friday with a formidable show of its navy would possibly and wealthy cultural heritage on the Kartavya Path within the coronary heart of the nationwide capital.
The grand celebrations, with an overarching theme of projecting the nation’s girls energy and democratic values, will likely be graced by French President Emmanuel Macron because the chief visitor.
President Droupadi Murmu will lead the nation in celebrating Republic Day with a 90-minute parade on the ceremonial boulevard — Kartavya Path.
The armed forces will show an array of home-grown weaponry and navy gear resembling missiles, drone jammers, surveillance methods, vehicle-mounted mortars and BMP-II infantry fight autos on the parade.
For the primary time, an all-women tri-services contingent will likely be a part of the occasion.
Additionally, the parade will likely be heralded by over 100 girls artistes enjoying Indian musical devices resembling Sankh, Naadswaram, and Nagada for the primary time as an alternative of the standard navy bands.
Round 15 girls pilots will even enthral the viewers throughout the Indian Air Drive’s fly-past, representing ‘Nari Shakti’. The contingents of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will even encompass solely girls personnel.
The Republic Day parade is slated to begin at 10:30 am and will likely be held for round 90 minutes.
The ceremony will begin with the go to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Nationwide Struggle Memorial, the place he’ll lead the nation in paying solemn tributes to the fallen heroes by laying a wreath.
Minutes later, President Murmu and her French counterpart Macron will arrive within the ‘conventional buggy’, a observe that’s making a comeback after a niche of 40 years, the defence ministry stated.
The nationwide flag will likely be unfurled adopted by the nationwide anthem with a 21-gun salute to be given with indigenous gun system 105-mm Indian Area Weapons.
4 Mi-17 IV helicopters of the 105 Helicopter Unit will bathe flower petals on the viewers current at Kartavya Path. This will likely be adopted by ‘Aavaahan’, a band efficiency by over 100 girls artistes enjoying varied kinds of percussion devices.
The parade will then begin with President Murmu taking the salute. It is going to be commanded by Lieutenant Normal Bhavnish Kumar, Normal Officer Commanding, Delhi Space.
The Kartavya Path will even be witness to a march previous by a mixed band and marching contingent of the French Armed Forces.
A complete of 16 tableaux from states and Union territories and 9 from central ministries and departments will roll down the Kartavya Path throughout the parade.
The states and Union territories from the place the tableaux will participate within the parade are Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.
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