Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Nationwide Conflict Memorial on Friday morning, formally commencing the seventy fifth Republic Day occasions. At Conflict Memorial, the Prime Minister paid tributes to the fallen troopers. PM Modi was joined by three service chiefs as he paid tributes on the solemn ceremony. The Prime Minister will head to Kartavya Path for the Republic Day parade. President Draupadi Murmu will elevate the Nationwide Flag, adopted by the Nationwide Anthem and a powerful 21-gun salute.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the well-known Nationwide Conflict Memorial on the India Gate advanced, behind the cover, on February 25, 2019.
The Nationwide Conflict Memorial, which covers round 40 acres, is split into 4 concentric circles: the ‘Amar Chakra’, ‘Veerta Chakra’, ‘Tyag Chakra’, and the ‘Rakshak Chakra’, every with the names of 25,942 troopers written in gold lettering on granite tablets.
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It additionally has a central 15.5-meter obelisk, an eternal flame, and 6 bronze work commemorating necessary battles fought by the Indian Military, Air Pressure, and Navy in a coated gallery (Veerta Chakra).
The memorial honours army personnel slain within the Indo-China Conflict in 1962, the Indo-Pakistan Wars in 1947, 1965, and 1971, the Indian Peace Preserving Pressure Operations in Sri Lanka, and the Kargil Battle in 1999, in addition to those that served in UN peacekeeping operations.
The 42-meter-high India Gate, often known as the All India Conflict Memorial Arch, was erected below the British Raj to commemorate troopers who perished within the First World Conflict (1914-1918) and the Third Anglo-Afghan Conflict. Troopers’ names are etched on the landmark’s floor.
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Republic Day Parade 2024
The Republic Day parade will start at 10:30 a.m. and final round 90 minutes. The Republic Day 2024 parade will start at Vijay Chowk and go to Kartavya Path. The power will maintain over 77,000 individuals, with 42,000 earmarked for most people.
The nationwide flag shall be unfurled, adopted by the nationwide music, which shall be accompanied by a thundering 21-gun salute from the indigenous 105-mm Indian Subject Gun system.