Today India celebrated 70th Republic Day .
- The central theme of the tableaux displayed was Mahatma Gandhi as 2019 marks the year of his 150th birth anniversary.
- Assam Rifles tableau participated in the Republic Day parade for the first time in history. The Assam Rifles tableau had women power on full display.
- The chief guest for the 70th Republic Day was South AfricanPresident Cyril Ramaphosa .
- South Africa and India have shared a special relationship right since the time of Mahatma Gandhi, who had a special connection with the African nation.
- Ramaphosa is the second South African president, after Nelson Mandela, to attend the grand event as its chief guest.
- President Kovind awarded the Ashoka Chakra — India’s highest peacetime gallantry honour — to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who was martyred while fighting a group of six militants in Shopian in Kashmir in November.
- Wani is the first Kashmiri to be conferred the Ashoka Chakra .The award was received by his wife and mother.
- The artillery gun system M777 American Ultra Light Howitzers, recently acquired from the US, and K9 Vajra, a self-propelled artillery gun, showcased on Rajpath were new additions this year.
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