India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday. With Covid-19 guidelines and farmers’ tractor rally scheduled for today in the national capital, this year’s Republic Day will be certainly different. Thousands of armed personnel have been deployed at the Rajpath and several border points of Delhi in view of the celebrations and farmers’ tractor rally. This year’s spectators number has been reduced to 25,000 from 1.5 lakh last year. Keeping in mind social distancing norms, the size of marching contingents has been reduced from 144 to 96. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 32 tableaux \u2014 17 of various states and UTs, nine of ministries and six from the defence arm \u2014 will be seen going down Rajpath this year. Among these, the tableaux of Ladakh \u2013\u2013 the Union Territory that was created in 2019 after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir \u2013\u2013 will be included for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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One Rafale with 2 Jaguar Deep penetration strike aircraft & 2 MiG-29 Air Superiority Fighters, in ‘Eklavya\u2019 formation are the next to fly past, at a height of 300m & speed of 780 Km\/h. The formation is led by Gp Capt Rohit Kataria, Flight Commander of 17 Squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dakota aircraft flanked by 2 Mi-17 IV helicopters forms ‘Rudra\u2019. Dakotas were instrumental in airlifting troops into Kashmir Valley to repel invaders from across border in 1947. They played a significant role in Tangail airdrop leading to Bangladesh’s libeartion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also Read: <\/strong>Farmers\u2019 tractor rally live updates: Protesters vandalise DTC buses at ITO, situation tense<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/IL\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rafale-1024x728.png\")
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