Every year, the 26th of January is celebrated in India as the Republic Day. It was on this day in 1950 that India was formally declared as a Republic. To mark this occasion, a grand parade is held in New Delhi, the Capital of India.
Different infantry, cavalry and mechanized regiments of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force march in formation, decked in all their finery and official decorations. The President of India, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, takes the salute. The Chief Guest of the parade is a Head of State of another nation. The parade also includes many traditional dance troupes, to symbolize the cultural heritage of India. It traditionally ends with a colorful fly past by Air Force jets in a Tricolor formation.
The Republic Day celebrations have rightly become world famous as one of the Republic Day Parade greatest shows on earth drawing thousands of eager sight-seers from all over the country and many parts of the world. No other country can draw on such a wealth of tribal traditions and cultures, so many regional forms of dances and dress. And, no other country in the world can parade so many ethnically different people in splendid uniforms as India’s Armed Forces.
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