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India is celebrating its 71st Republic Day today. The entire national capital has been put under a multi-layered, ground-to-air security cover with thousands of armed personnel keeping a tight vigil over it. (ANI)
This year's Republic Day parade was led by the Parade Commander, Lieutenant General Asit Mistry, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal, General Officer Commanding, Headquarters Delhi Area. The winners of highest gallantry awards include the winners of the Param Vir Chakra and the Ashok Chakra. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Heavylift helicopter Chinook and attack helicopter Apache, both recently inducted in the Indian Air Force, took part in the Republic Day flypast for the first time on Sunday. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Goa's 'save the frog' campaign, Jammu and Kashmir's 'back to village' programme, architectural wonders and UNESCO world heritage sites in Jaipur and Gujarat and 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev were thematically showcased among the host of tableaux in the Republic Day Parade. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
The Camel Contingent of Border Security Force under the command of Deputy Commandant Ghanshyam Singh. BSF's motto is ‘Duty unto Death’; There are over 75 different dress items which are necessary to ceremonially dress the camels and riders of the Force. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Republic Day celebrations at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.(Express photo: Wali Ahmad)
Tiranga unfurled by mothers of Junaid, Rohith Vemula and other women at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi. (Express photo: Abhinav Saha)
President Ram Nath Kovind, Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stand for the national anthem during the 71st Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. (DD NEWS/PTI)
Cultural show during Republic Day function at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana. (Express photo: Gurmeet Singh)
January 26 was chosen as the Republic Day by Indians themselves, for it had held immense significance for the country for two decades. In pic: Bikers with tricolour in Maharashtra's Malegaon (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)
The Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade is accorded India’s highest honour in protocol terms. The process of extending the invitation to a Head of State or Government starts around six months ahead of Republic Day. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)
Flag hoisting ceremony at JAT school in Malegaon, Maharashtra. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)
The date of India’s independence from the British came on August 15, but it was not a date of India’s choosing — it was thrust upon them by Lord Louis Mountbatten as “it was the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender” in World War II to him. In pic: Republic Day celebration in Ahmedabad. (Express photo: Javed Raja)
The Constitution of India was completed on November 29, 1949, yet it came into force on January 26, 1950. In pic: Republic Day celebration in Ahmedabad. (Express photo: Javed Raja)
The occasion marks the day when India’s Constitution came into effect, and the country became a republic. In pic: Republic Day parade at Southern Naval Command, Kochi. (Express photo: Nithin RK)
Breaking decades-old tradition, the Republic Day proceedings this year did not begin from India Gate, where the P commemorates soldiers who have died in battle for India but instead started from the National War Memorial. In pic: Republic Day parade at Southern Naval Command, Kochi. (Express photo: Nithin RK)
Republic Day was celebrated in Kashmir amidst tight security with the main function in the Valley being held at the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, where Lieutenant Governor's advisor Farooq Khan presided over the function.(Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
This was the first Republic Day after Jammu and Kashmir's special status was withdrawn on August 5 last year and the erstwhile state was divided into two Union Territories. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel with the national flag celebrating Republic Day at 17,000 feet in snow today. The temperature in Ladakh at present is minus 20 degrees Celsius. 'Himveers' chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram'. (ANI)
