Beating the Retreat ceremony held in New Delhi

Beating the Retreat ceremony, marking the culmination of four days long Republic Day celebrations were held at the historic Vijay Chowk in New Delhi yesterday. This year, Indian tunes were the flavour of ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and chief of three services among others  witnessed the ceremony

Bands from  Army, Navy, Air Force, State Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF ) presented  27 performances on the historic Vijay Chowk which enthralled the spectators with their captivating and foot-tapping music. Out of the 27 performances, 19 tunes were composed by Indian musicians, which include Indian Star, Paharon ki Rani, Jai Janam Bhumi, Queen of Satpura, Vijay Bharat, Aakash Ganga,



Gangotri, Namaste India, Samudrika, Jai Bharat, Young India, and Veerta Ki Misal. Eight western tunes like Sound Barrie’, Twilight,  Space Flight, Drummers Call were also the part of Beating the Retreat. The event came to a close with the ever-popular tune of Sare Jahan Se Acha.

This year, 15 Military Bands, 15 Pipes and Drums Bands from Regimental Centres and Battalions also participated in the ceremony.