Snapshots from Kolkata’s Republic Day parade on Red Road
Snapshots from Kolkata’s Republic Day parade on Red Road
A 52ft-long tableau of Netaji, modelled on the lines of the one that has been rejected by the Centre was the star attraction
Pradip Sanyal
Published 27.01.22, 07:37 AM
A contingent of the 16th Bn, Assam Regiment, marches down Red Road during the Republic Day parade on Wednesday. With its regimental centre in Happy Valley, Shillong, Assam Regiment was raised in June 1941 to ward off the Japanese attack through Northeast India during the Second World War.
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A contingent of Kolkata Traffic Police in the Republic Day parade
A 52ft-long tableau of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, modelled on the lines of the one that has been rejected by the Centre, was the main draw of the parade
Vehicle-mounted self-propelled rocket launchers of the army on display at the parade