A military contingent of the United Arab Emirates leads the march past at the Rajpath 
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UAE contingent leads parade at Delhi Rajpath

A 149-member marching contingent from UAE, with a band comprising 35 musicians from that country, led the 68th Republic Day parade at Rajpath on Thursday.

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New Delhi

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Chief Guest at the function. Hence, the UAE contingent was given the honour to lead the parade.

Leading the UAE contingent was Lt Col Abood Musabeh Abood Musabeh Alghfeli. Its personnel carrying M-16 rifle were from Presidential Guards, the Air Force, the Navy and Army. 

The UAE is the second country after France to send troops to participate in the Republic-Day parade of India, a tradition started last year.

The UAE military contingent was followed by an impressive military band of 35 musicians, dressed in white trousers and red bandhgala coat and playing delightful marching tune ‘Kaptien’.

The UAE contingent got a formal invitation from the Indian Army to participate in the Republic Day parade about three-four weeks ago. The Arab nation was initially interested to send its paratroopers, but the Defence Ministry did not agree to it.

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