Highlights to witness as Indian get ready to celebrate 69th republic day

New Delhi: With 69thRepublic day 2018 as India is going to be celebrating it on 26th January Friday as being public holiday. Republic day in India is celebrated every year with great pride on 26th of January to honor the Constitution of India as it came into force on the same day in the year 1950. It had replaced the Government of India Act, 1935 into the governing document of India. The new Indian Constitution was sketched and approved by the Indian Constituent Assembly and decided to celebrate it on 26th of January every year as India became a republic country.

What makes this year 2018 all more special is what we are going to witness at the ceremony.

• India will celebrate its Republic Day 2018 with the great leaders of all 10 Asean countries (Association of South East Asian Nations). This year in 2018, it is happening for the first time in Indian history that 10 chief guests would grace the Republic Day of India. It is very special because the Southeast Asian bloc completed its 50 years of formation (created on 8 August 1967) and India completed its 25 years of partnership (started in 1992) with the grouping in 2017.
• It is for the first time that ASEAN Flags will be displayed through fly in the sky over Rajpath.
• It is for the first time that one of the floats will show “All India Radio” to display Prime Minister’s monthly address “Mann Ki Baat”.
• One of the floats will be there from Income Tax Department to display anti-black money drive.
• 113 BSF women will perform motorcycle stunts such as pyramid, shaktiman, fish riding, seemaprahari, bull fighting, etc.
• Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant is going to be displayed by the Indian Navy which will be commissioned in 2020.
• “Nirbhay missile” and the “Ashwini radar system” from The Defence Development and Research Organization will be displayed.
• “Airborne Early Warning and Control System (Netra) is going to fly over the Rajpath.
• Group of students from Delhi school will perform to represent Indo-ASEAN ties.
• Around 700 students from the guest countries will perform in the parade other than the Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy.
• A float by Punjab will be displayed under the theme “Sangat and Pangat” (Sangat means communal harmony; Pangat means community kitchen) representing love for humanity.
• Kathak and folk dances of many countries like Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, etc will be displayed.
• Around 61 tribal guests are invited to participate in the Republic Day celebration.
• 100-odd government agencies are involved in the preparations of Republic Day parade 2018.
• State capitals will celebrate republic day in the presence of governors of state.

While there will be also seen chief guest as honor on Republic Day in Indian 2018 will be Head ASEAN nations

1. Sultan and incumbent Prime Minister HassanalBolkiah – Brunei
2. Prime Minister Hun Sen – Cambodia
3. President JokoWidodo – Indonesia
4. Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith – Laos
5. Prime Minister NajibRazak – Malaysia
6. President HtinKyaw – Myanmar
7. President Rodrigo RoaDuterte – Philippines
8. President HalimahYacob – Singapore
9. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha – Thailand
10. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc – Vietnam

As every year, India follows the great Indian culture and tradition, i.e. “AtithiDevoBhav” of welcoming the prime Minister or President of another country as a chief guest. This year, the chief guests on the Republic Day of India, 2018 are 10 great leaders from 10 countries of the world (Heads of ASEAN states). The Republic Day invite to the Asean heads of state comes at a time when both the South –East Asian bloc and India complete 50 years of formation in 2017 which is also marked 25years of Indian’s partnership with the grouping.