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Republic Day 2021: Shorter celebrations, a COVID-19 vaccine tableau, and what else is different this year
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the usual grand Republic Day go low-key in this year, and the parade at Rajpath in New Delhi which is witnessed by more than a lakh people every year live will be quite different.
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Today’s Republic Day will not have the usual grand and boisterous celebration. Every year, thousands of people gather at the India Gate to watch the magnificent parade, which takes months of practice to execute.
But this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, things will be a little different. The 72nd Republic Day will have low-key celebrations, and the parade at Rajpath in New Delhi usually witnessed live by more than a lakh people every year will be attended by no more than 25,000 people.
72nd Republic Day Celebrated in Rajpath, Delhi on January 26
Amid the ongoing Covid Pandemic, India celebrated the Republic Day in Rajpath, Delhi with hoisting the flag, displaying tableaux, and few restrictions.
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| 26 Jan 2021 7:52 AM GMT
New Delhi: The flag was hoisted in the presence of the honourable President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and other honourable dignitaries on the auspicious occasion of 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday in Rajpath, New Delhi.
Republic Day and its Significance:
Every year, Republic Day is celebrated in India on January 26 since 1950 to mark the establishment of the Indian Constitution which first came to effect on this very day. India was under British Colonial Rule for over two hundred long years and got its freedom on August 15, 1947, by the Indian Independence movement. Although India was free from the British Raj it didn t have any