Republic Day 2025: India to celebrate 75 years of Constitution with display of military might, cultural heritage on Sunday

Republic Day 2025: India is decided to showcase its navy prowess and rich cultural heritage and show a symbolic confluence of ‘virasat’ and ‘vikas’ on Kartavya Route right here to set up the 76th Republic Day on January 26 when the nation can even commemorate the platinum jubilee of the enactment of the Structure.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto may be the chief guest on the occasion. A 352-member marching and band contingent from Indonesia will doubtless be taking part in the parade. Subianto may be the fourth Indonesian president to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations. Sukarno, the main president of Indonesia, used to be the chief guest at India’s first Republic Day celebrations in 1950.

While 75 years of the Structure is the level of hobby of celebrations this year, the theme for the tableaux is ‘Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’.

Sixteen tableaux from across states and Union Territories and 15 from central ministries, departments and organisations will roll down the ceremonial boulevard on Sunday.

The country will show its navy prowess by showcasing about a of the cutting-edge defence platforms in conjunction with BrahMos, Pinaka and Akash, with the Navy’s Fight Surveillance Machine ‘Sanjay’ and DRDO’s floor-to-floor tactical missile ‘Pralay’ space to register their presence in the ceremonial parade for the main time.

T-90 ‘Bhishma’ tanks Sarath (infantry carrying automobile BMP-II), Brief Span Bridging Machine 10m, Nag Missile Machine, multi-barrel rocket launcher arrangement ‘Agnibaan’ and ‘Bajrang’ (gentle specialist automobile) can even be a part of the parade, officers said on Thursday.

The parade will gape many other firsts as effectively, akin to the tri-companies tableau that may depict the spirit of “jointness” amongst the armed forces.

The tableau would show a battlefield scenario demonstrating a synchronised operation in land, water and air with the indigenous Arjun fight tank, Tejas fighter airplane and developed gentle helicopter, in accordance to the Defence Ministry. The theme of the tri-companies tableau will doubtless be ‘Shashakt aur Surakshit Bharat’ (Honest and Receive India).

Besides, the DRDO will show a tableau with the theme ‘Raksha Kavach — multi-layer protection against multi-domain threats’, officers said.

President Droupadi Murmu will ship an address to the nation on the eve of the Republic Day. This January 26 will raise extra significance as India’s Structure, which came into enact on this ancient day in 1950, completes 75 years.

The Structure used to be adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. Ahead of the parade, High Minister Narendra Modi will lead the nation in paying tribute to the country’s martyrs by laying a wreath at the Nationwide War Memorial.

The parade will commence up in the morning with the Nationwide Salute and should continue for 90 minutes, reflecting the scramble of India’s heritage and increase. C-130J Great Hercules, C-295, C-17 Globemaster, P-8I, MiG-29 and Su-30, amongst other airplane, can even take hang of part in the celebrations. The ceremonial parade will doubtless be heralded by 300 cultural artistes playing ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’ on musical devices representing diverse components of the country, in accordance to the Defence Ministry.

Lt Gen Bhavnish Kumar, Modern Officer Commanding, Delhi Home may be the Parade Commander, whereas Parade 2nd-in-Tell will doubtless be Chief of Workers (COS), Delhi Home, Maj Gen Sumit Mehta.

Maj Gen Mehta said the match will showcase India’s navy prowess with a preference of cutting-edge platforms and a unfold of vivid tableaux depicting the country’s heritage. Two Param Vir Chakra awardees — both Kargil warfare heroes — and one Ashok Chakra awardee will doubtless be a part of the parade, he said.

The flypast will feature 40 Indian Air Pressure airplane and three Dornier airplane of the Indian Waft Guard.

The Indian Navy will doubtless be represented by a mounted column, eight mechanised columns, and 6 marching contingents, officers said. The column will doubtless be represented by the 61 Cavalry.

The marching columns will encompass contingents from the Brigade of the Guards contingent, Jat Regiment, Garhwal Rifles Regiment, J&K Gentle Infantry (JAKLI) regiment and a contingent of the Corps of Engineers.

Capt Ritika Khareta may be the contingent commander of a marching contingent of the Navy’s Corps of Alerts. The officer is the best lady member of her contingent and the leisure are males. There can even be a motorbike show by daredevils of the Corps of Alerts. Capt Ashish Rana will doubtless be its leader and Capt Dimple Singh Bhati, the 2nd in line.

“I will doubtless be riding a ladder on a motorbike and give a salute to the president in the midst of the parade,” Bhati said quickly after the tubby costume rehearsal on January 23.

Capt Rana said Capt Bhati would change into the “first lady officer” from the Navy to give the ladder-born salute to the president in the ancient previous of Republic Day celebrations.

States that may show their tableaux in the midst of the 76th Republic Day Parade consist of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Delhi and Chandigarh will showcase them amongst the Union Territories.