Rows of soldiers advance in lockstep, automatic rifles braced against their bodies. Behind them roll armoured columns, followed by mobile missile systems, radars, tanks and military command units. Overhead, fighter jets tear through the sky.
India celebrated its 77th Republic Day on Monday with a colorful parade displaying its military might on a boulevard in the country’s capital, New Delhi. Thousands of people lined the road to watch the long parade marking the anniversary of the official adoption of India’s Constitution on Jan. 26, 1950, nearly three years after independence from British colonial rule.
