(26 Jan 2022) Thousands of people braved the morning chill in India's capital New Delhi on Wednesday to mark Republic Day as they watched a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity - though the colourful spectacle was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly 500 schoolchildren, folk dancers, police and military battalions, floats and stunt performers on motorbikes paraded from the president's palace through the tree-lined refurbished of Rajpath.
President Ram Nath Kovind took the salute from the marching columns of troops, which also included a camel-mounted regiment with its mustachioed riders led by shiny brass bands with tubas.
The 90-minute parade ended with a roar in the sky from a flypast by 75 air force fighters and transport planes and helicopters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended the ceremony in New Delhi.
Republic Day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the country's constitution on January 26, 1950.
India won independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
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