Beating Retreat

Beating Retreat on 29 January: All you need to know about ceremony that marks culmination of R-Day celebration

The Beating Retreat inspires admiration towards the country’s sovereignty as the massed bands of the military’s three wings - Army, Navy and Air Force present soul-stirring music

Why all song and dance over ‘eternal flame’ and ‘Abide With Me’ is politically motivated

The merger of flames and the music at Beating Retreat are being flagged for political reasons as the nation is in election mode

Republic Day 2022: 1,000 ‘Make in India’ drones to light up sky at Beating Retreat; what you need to know

With this, India will be the fourth country to put up an indigenously designed and conceptualised drone show of this size after China, Russia and the United States

Republic Day 2022: Why 26 January was chosen, significance and history of festival

Each year, India celebrates three national festivals : Republic Day on 26 January, Independence Day on 15 August and Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October.

Centre’s move of dropping ‘Abide with me’ hymn sad, sensitive people hurt, says P Chidambaram

‘Abide with me’, written by Scottish Anglican poet and hymnologist Henry Francis Lyte in 1847, had been part of the Beating Retreat ceremony since 1950

Beating Retreat 2021: Ceremony to mark end of Republic Day celebrations, will feature new composition Swarnim Vijay

Fifteen military bands and an equal number of pipes and drums from regimental centres and battalions will be participating in the ceremony

Hymn 'Abide With Me' dropped from list of Beating Retreat tunes, may be replaced with Vande Mataram, say reports

The Defence Ministry has dropped the traditional Christian hymn Abide With Me from the list of tunes to be played during the Beating Retreat ceremony

Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India via Wagah border; IAF happy to have him back, says Air Vice-Marshal RGK Kapoor

Wearing blue blazer and grey trousers, he crossed over into India from the Attari-Wagah border at 9.20 pm. He was handed over by the Pakistan Rangers to the Border Security Force (BSF) following paperwork.

Beating Retreat 2019: Delhi's Vijay Chowk lights up as ceremony concludes with performances by three wings of Indian military

The Beating Retreat ceremony included the age old tradition, in which the Indian Armed Forces play various hymns in front of the President and other dignitaries.

Republic Day 2019: 22 tableaux, all-women paramilitary contingent, INA veterans and other notable features of parade

Republic Day 2019 will see a tribute to the departed soldiers by PM Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as chief guest