Over 200 women CRPF personnel march in the 75th Republic Day parade. Watch

Over 200 women personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the world’s largest paramilitary force, marched on the duty path during the 75th Republic Day parade in the national capital. Constable Sosa Alpaben led the CRPF band comprising 100 women personnel playing ‘Desh Ke Hum Hain Rakshak’.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has the distinction of raising one of the first all-women band contingents and is the largest para-military force in the world, with 246 battalions with over 3.24 lakh personnel.

Later, a CRPF women contingent led by Assistant Commandant Megha Nair of the Visakhapatnam-based 234th Battalion participated in the parade.

During the 75th Republic Day celebrations, an all-women tri-service contingent marched on the duty path, reflecting the growing ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) of the country.

For the first time, the parade was started by more than 100 women artists playing Indian musical instruments like shankha, nadaswaram and nagda, instead of the traditional military band.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, several other Union ministers, the country’s top military officers, foreign diplomats and senior officials were among those who witnessed the impressive show, which also included anti-gravity fly-pasts by helicopters and planes. Included. Even dense fog failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the spectators.

As Murmu and Macron left the duty path in a traditional carriage, which returned after 40 years at the end of the parade, Modi wore a multicolored ‘Bandhani’ print turban and mingled with the cheering crowd as people clicked photographs. Took photographs and welcomed them with applause and slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.