Beating retreat
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Beating Retreat is a military ceremony dating to 17th-century England and was first used to recall nearby patrolling units to their castle.
A band performance at India's Beat Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in 2018.
The Massed Bands of the Household Division perform in the fireworks finale at Beating Retreat 2013.
Band of the Ceremonial Guard at Fortissimo Sunset Ceremony in 2012.
Beating Retreat and Tattoo ceremony at Gateway of India.
Delhi Republic Day parade
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The Delhi Republic Day parade is the largest and most important of the parades marking the Republic Day celebrations in India. The parade takes place every year on 26 January at Kartavya Path, New Del
Beating retreat
…Beating retreat in India officially denotes the formal end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of 29 January, the third day after the Republic Day and…
Clockwise from top left: CISF marching contingent (2017); tableau of Karnataka (2010); a C-17 Globemaster flanked by two Su-30 MKIs (2018); T-90 tanks (2016); daredevil riders of BSF (2014); bird’s eye view of Kartavya Path (2013).
President Rajendra Prasad (in the horse-drawn carriage) during the first parade in 1950.
The BSF Camel Contingent during the 2015 parade.
The 2004 parade from India Gate.