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President Pranab Mukherjee before leaving for Beating Retreat ceremony from the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
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The President leaves for Beating Retreat from Rashtrapati Bhavan. The ceremony owes its origins to an ancient custom when warring armies would halt fighting at sundown and lower flags to attend to the wounded, and eat and rest. (PTI Photo)
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Preparations on as the President leaves Rashtrapati Bhawan. The present Beating Retreat ceremony dates back to the early 1950s when Major Roberts of the Indian Army developed this unique display by the massed bands. (PTI Photo)
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Another view of the Rashtrapati Bhawan before the President left the place. (PTI Photo)
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President Pranab Mukherjee arrives for the Beating Retreat ceremony. Seventeen military bands, 10 pipes and drums bands from regimental centres and 8 pipes and drums bands from battalions, buglers and trumpeters from various army regiments performed at the ceremony. (PTI Photo)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk. (PTI Photo)
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An illuminated Raisina Hill after the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
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