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Beating Retreat brings the curtain down on Republic Day 2010 celebrations | Beating Retreat, a centuries old military tradition dating back to the days when troops disengaged from battle at sunset, brought an end to the Republic Day celebrations for 2010 on Friday evening. Music
bands from the Army, Air Force and the Navy played on a series of martial tunes
based on established military traditions, creating a mood of nostalgia for the
times gone by. The entire event was done in the presence of the President of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the three service
chiefs- Army chief General Deepak Kapoor, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik and Navy
chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, and other dignitaries. The program included 21 martial
tunes, including popular ones like 'Sam Bahadur sky board song', 'Pipes and Drums',
'Pipers Cave', 'Jock Wilson' and 'Highland Laddle'. The Navy and Air Force bands
played tunes like 'Ocean's Splendour', 'Bharatiya Navsena', 'Sky Hawks' and 'Swantantra
Bharat Ki Shaan'. Military bands played tunes like 'Hanste Lashai', 'Gangotri',
'Abhinandan', 'Giriraj' and 'Dola Re Dola'. The function concluded with Massed
Bands playing 'Drummer's Call' and Mahatma Gandhi's favourite tune "Abide With
Me'. This was followed by retreat by 'Buglers' and 'Saare Jahan Se Acha'. The
function lasted a little over an hour. |
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