"If the parade will display the platforms and see the participation of marching contingents ... as that is when the Indian Army’s command was handed over from a British Army officer, General ...

The Army Day parade in Pune will feature marching contingents ... taking over from the British Commander-in-Chief, General Francis Roy Bucher. This event was a milestone in India's journey ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex watched the ceremony, cheering on the performers and competitors when they took to the stage.

regional military marching bands and even displaying achievements or projects by various government departments. As the parades became grander, the expense incurred by the Centre ballooned from ...

Alberigi was 14 when a Japanese balloon bomb landed in his family’s apple orchard near Forestville in 1945. He cracked the ...

nearly three years after independence from British colonial rule. Soldiers from India's military and paramilitary, along with their bands, marched as the country's leaders and other guests watched.

Most of them were, however, found unsuitable as marching pieces for want of musical metre or ... This new regiment had been modelled after the various Guards Regiment of the British Army and had been ...

In honor of Lieutenant General KM Cariappa, who succeeded British General Francis Roy Bucher as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949, Army Day is celebrated on January 15 of ...

The Indian Army traces its origins to the armies of the East India Company, which later evolved into the British Indian Army and the armies ... The parade will feature marching contingents, mechanised ...

Army Day is observed annually on January 15 to commemorate Lieutenant General KM Cariappa’s assumption of command as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949, succeeding British ...