Republic Day 2021 is celebrated each year on January 26 in India. On this day, the Constitution of India came into effect. This year, the country marks its 72nd Republic Day amid COVID pandemic. Let’s see how, this year, the celebrations will be different in the wake of corona crisis:
- For the first time in the history of many decades, there shall be no chief guest on R-Day parade and hence India will celebrate its Republic Day without any foreign leader as chief guest. Last year, President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited his British counterpart Boris Johnson to grace the Republic Day celebrations as chief guest, however, the UK PM on January 5 inform the PM about the cancellation of his India trip due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus strain.
2. Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is set to become the first woman fighter pilot to be a part of the Republic Day parade this year.
3. The 72nd Republic Day will be further different as the number of participating children and folk artists have been restricted to 400 compared to over 600 last year. The decision has been taken in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.