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R-Day festivities end with Beating Retreat

New Delhi : January 29  is the day India performs its  Beating Retreat ceremony every year.This ceremony  officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities and is performed after three days from Republic Day.  It

PTI PTI Updated on: January 29, 2013 18:06 IST


This ceremony revives an ancient war custom according to which troops used to stop fighting at sunset. Bugles announcing the sunset would sound in the battlefield. As soon as soldiers heard these bugles they would stand still in the battlefield and war would be stopped for the day.








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