For the primary time, the Army Day parade, which used to happen in Delhi, was moved out of the nationwide capital and came about in Bengaluru at Parade Ground, MEG & Centre.

The seventy fifth Army Day can be a first-of-its-kind occasion, going down exterior Delhi ever because the celebrations began in 1949.

On Army Day, I convey my finest needs to all military personnel, veterans and their households. Every Indian is happy with our Army and can all the time be grateful to our troopers. They have all the time stored our nation secure and are broadly admired for his or her service throughout instances of disaster. pic.twitter.com/EJvbkb9bmD

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 15, 2023

Army chief General Manoj Pande will evaluate the parade and current gallantry awards, which can be adopted by a daring motorbike show by the Army Service Corps (ASC) Tornadoes, a skydiving show by the Paratroopers, daredevil jumps, and a fly previous by of helicopters of the Army Aviation Corps.

The Army Day is widely known yearly on January 15 to commemorate the event when General (Later Field Marshal) KM Carriappa took over the command of the Indian Army in 1949 from General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher, the final British Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, and have become first Indian as the military chief.

The parade can be held at numerous area instructions in India to facilitate a deeper reference to the society, the Station Commander of the Southern Command mentioned.

This yr, the celebrations are going down underneath the supervision of Southern Command, which is headquartered in Pune.

Before 2023, the Army Day parade used to happen on the Cariappa Parade Ground within the Delhi Cantonment.

Last yr, the Indian Air Force additionally moved out its annual fly-past and parade for the Air Force Day from the Hindon air base close to Delhi to Chandigarh.