Rains fail to dampen spirit of Beating Retreat as R-Day celebrations come to finish
5 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: Rains didn’t dampen the spirit of the Beating Retreat ceremony held on the historic Vijay Chowk right here on Sunday as Indian classical tunes performed by bands of the armed forces crammed the air, marking the top of Republic Day celebrations.
Foot-tapping music marked the start of the ceremony with the arrival of President Droupadi Murmu. She was welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Prime Minister Modi received drenched as he moved round exterior the sheltered space, waving on the viewers after the ceremony was over.
For the primary time, a 3-D anamorphic projection was executed on the facade of the North Block and South Block.
As many as 29 Indian tunes have been performed by the music bands of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the State Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
Never lacking a step regardless of the moist floor, the bands started enjoying the “Agniveer” tune adopted by enthralling tunes like ‘Almora’, ‘Kedar Nath’, ‘Sangam Dur’, ‘Queen of Satpura’, ‘Bhagirathi’ and ‘Konkan Sundari’.
The Air Force’s band performed “Aprajey Arjun”, “Charkha”, ‘Vayu Shakti’, ‘Swadeshi’, whereas fascinating ‘Ekla Cholo Re’, ‘Hum Taiyyar Hai’, and ‘Jai Bharati’ have been performed by the band of the Navy.
The Army’s band performed “Shankhnaad”, ‘Sher-e-Jawan’, ‘Bhupal’, ‘Agranee Bharat’, ‘Young India’, ‘Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja’, ‘Drummers Call’, and ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon’.
Sound of Music !
Relax, sit again and benefit from the melodious musical deal with from #BeatingTheRetreat ceremony on @DDNational & Live-Stream on https://t.co/YWfIRmujwk NOW pic.twitter.com/Ii7R6kXcMB
— Doordarshan National दूरदर्शन नेशनल (@DDNational) January 29, 2023
The occasion got here to a detailed with the ever-popular tune ‘Sare Jahan se Accha’.
In an impressive sight, the distinction of the bands enjoying with the lights on their devices on after which enjoying ‘Aye mere watan ke logon’, with the identical lights switched off, solid an ethereal spell on the Vijay Chowk.
The drone present involving 3,500 indigenous drones was, nevertheless, cancelled on account of dangerous climate, officers mentioned. “The drone show could not take place due to bad weather. Lot of preparations had gone into it,” a senior official mentioned.
The principal conductor of the ceremony was Flight Lieutenant Leimapokpam Rupachandra Singh.
While the Army band was led by Sub Maj Diggar Singh, the Naval and Air Force band commanders have been M Anthoni Raj and Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar, respectively.
The conductor of the State Police and CAPF bands was Assistant Sub-Inspector Prem Singh.
The buglers carried out underneath the management of Naib Subedar Santosh Kumar Pandey, and the pipes and drums band was performed underneath the directions of Subedar Major Baswaraj Vagge.
The ceremony, which traces its origins to the early Nineteen Fifties when Major Roberts of the Indian Army indigenously developed the distinctive ceremony of show by the massed bands.
Now, it has emerged as an occasion of nationwide delight when the colors and requirements are paraded.
“It marks a centuries-old military tradition when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms and withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camps at sunset at the sounding of the Retreat,” a Defence Ministry assertion mentioned on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: Rains didn’t dampen the spirit of the Beating Retreat ceremony held on the historic Vijay Chowk right here on Sunday as Indian classical tunes performed by bands of the armed forces crammed the air, marking the top of Republic Day celebrations.
Foot-tapping music marked the start of the ceremony with the arrival of President Droupadi Murmu. She was welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Prime Minister Modi received drenched as he moved round exterior the sheltered space, waving on the viewers after the ceremony was over.
For the primary time, a 3-D anamorphic projection was executed on the facade of the North Block and South Block.
As many as 29 Indian tunes have been performed by the music bands of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the State Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
Never lacking a step regardless of the moist floor, the bands started enjoying the “Agniveer” tune adopted by enthralling tunes like ‘Almora’, ‘Kedar Nath’, ‘Sangam Dur’, ‘Queen of Satpura’, ‘Bhagirathi’ and ‘Konkan Sundari’.
The Air Force’s band performed “Aprajey Arjun”, “Charkha”, ‘Vayu Shakti’, ‘Swadeshi’, whereas fascinating ‘Ekla Cholo Re’, ‘Hum Taiyyar Hai’, and ‘Jai Bharati’ have been performed by the band of the Navy.
The Army’s band performed “Shankhnaad”, ‘Sher-e-Jawan’, ‘Bhupal’, ‘Agranee Bharat’, ‘Young India’, ‘Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja’, ‘Drummers Call’, and ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon’.
Sound of Music !
Relax, sit again and benefit from the melodious musical deal with from #BeatingTheRetreat ceremony on @DDNational & Live-Stream on https://t.co/YWfIRmujwk NOW pic.twitter.com/Ii7R6kXcMB
— Doordarshan National दूरदर्शन नेशनल (@DDNational) January 29, 2023
The occasion got here to a detailed with the ever-popular tune ‘Sare Jahan se Accha’.
In an impressive sight, the distinction of the bands enjoying with the lights on their devices on after which enjoying ‘Aye mere watan ke logon’, with the identical lights switched off, solid an ethereal spell on the Vijay Chowk.
The drone present involving 3,500 indigenous drones was, nevertheless, cancelled on account of dangerous climate, officers mentioned. “The drone show could not take place due to bad weather. Lot of preparations had gone into it,” a senior official mentioned.
The principal conductor of the ceremony was Flight Lieutenant Leimapokpam Rupachandra Singh.
While the Army band was led by Sub Maj Diggar Singh, the Naval and Air Force band commanders have been M Anthoni Raj and Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar, respectively.
The conductor of the State Police and CAPF bands was Assistant Sub-Inspector Prem Singh.
The buglers carried out underneath the management of Naib Subedar Santosh Kumar Pandey, and the pipes and drums band was performed underneath the directions of Subedar Major Baswaraj Vagge.
The ceremony, which traces its origins to the early Nineteen Fifties when Major Roberts of the Indian Army indigenously developed the distinctive ceremony of show by the massed bands.
Now, it has emerged as an occasion of nationwide delight when the colors and requirements are paraded.
“It marks a centuries-old military tradition when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms and withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camps at sunset at the sounding of the Retreat,” a Defence Ministry assertion mentioned on Saturday.
