Bengaluru set for Army Day Parade on Sunday

The stage is set for the 75th Army Day Parade here on January 15. This is the first such event taking place outside the national capital. Chief of the Army Staff Major General Manoj Pande will attend the event.

The stage is set for the 75th Army Day Parade here on January 15. This is the first such event taking place outside the national capital. Chief of the Army Staff Major General Manoj Pande will attend the event.

The parade will witness 8 contingents including a mounted contingent from the Army Service Corps and a military band comprising 5 regimental bands. (Hindustan Times)

“Karnataka became the first State to host this mega national event for the first time outside Delhi because the first Army Chief Major General K M Cariappa took command of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief in 1949, thus becoming the first Indian Commander-in-Chief post-independence,” Parade Commander Major General Ravi Murugan told reporters here.

According to him, the programme will start with laying a wreath by Major General Pande at the Madras Engineering War Memorial as tribute to those who made sacrifices for the nation. The parade will witness 8 contingents including a mounted contingent from the Army Service Corps and a military band comprising 5 regimental bands, the Army officer said.

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“We have invited people from all walks of life, even students from schools, colleges, NCC cadets, children from orphanages. Over 8,000 civilians have witnessed the parade during the pre-event displays thus far,” Major General Murugan said. A high tea on January 14 has been planned in which Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot will be the chief guest, the Army officer said adding, a military tattoo programme has also been organised on January 15 which Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will attend.