Republic Day Parade 2021 LIVE Updates: Donning special red 'paghdi' gifted by royal family of Jamnagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is present at Rajpath for the parade after paying tribute to martyred soldiers at India Gate's National War Memorial. President Ram Nath, the supreme commander of the armed forces, is at the venue too. Bangladesh Armed Forces, which fought and bled together with their Indian counterparts 50 years ago, marched at.