Bangladeshi tri-service contingent leads India’s Republic Day parade
In a first, a Bangladeshi tri-service contingent led India’s Republic Day parade on the iconic Rajpath in the heart of the national capital Tuesday.
The 122-member Bangladeshi armed forces contingent led the first 10 rows of India’s 72nd Republic Day parade to commemorate 50 years of the 1971 Liberation War, which led to the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
The tri-service contingent, led by Lt Col Mohatsim Haider Chaudhury, comprised of the Bangladesh Army in the first six rows, followed by two rows of the Navy and two rows of the Air Force in the end.
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