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Monday 27 January 2020

71st Republic Day celebrated at Parade Ground Chandigarh


SUMIT MALHOTRA
School News Network
Chandigarh, January 26 2020

India on Sunday celebrated its 71st Republic day with a feel of patriotism seen all over in States. The City beautiful, Chandigarh too celebrated the day with a range of activities at Parade Ground sector 17 Chandigarh. The function started with the arrival of chief guest Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh who unfurl the National Flag and salute to the March past performed by police contingents of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana. 
The NSS wing of various UT schools were also part of parade. A spectacular passing of band by Blind Institute sector 26 Chandigarh and other schools were worth witnessing.
Tableaux by various colleges, Education department UT Chandigarh, Model Jail Chandigarh and others were also witnessed by the guests. These highlighted the growth of City under several areas.
The Chief Guest gave commendation certificates to  employees of the Chandigarh Administration and distinguished individuals for rendering outstanding services in the field of Public services, Art and Culture, Social Services and Sports. Police personnel were also conferred with Police Medal for meritorious services.
The Chandigarh Police received the overall best turn award in the parade whereas in the category of Military forces/ Police contingent, the first prize was bagged by Chandigarh Ladies Police (RTC) & Haryana Police-II, second position was bagged by Punjab Police-I and Punjab Police II came third.
In the category of Home Guard/ Fire Brigade/ Civil defence , the first prize was bagged by Chandigarh Home Guard, second position was bagged by Chandigarh Fire Services/Brigade and Civil Defence came third.
In NCC contingents, Air Wing  bagged the first position, NCC Army Wing ( Boys)  came second and NCC Naval Wing  (Boys) came third.
In another category of Bands; Institute for Blind,Sector 26 got first position; Sacred Heart Sr. Sec School, Sector 26 got second position and Moti Ram Arya Sr. Model School, Sector- 27A got third position.
In the category of NSS Girls/ NSS Boys/ School Children, NSS boys of Shri. Guru Harikrishan Sr. Secondary School, Sector 40 got first position, NSS Boys of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, got second position and NSS Boys of GMSSS Sector 38 West got third position.
In the category of tableaux, Model jail got the first position, Education department got the second position and Forest Department got third prize.
The performances by the students added a dash of culture in the surroundings filled with the patriotism. The crowd enjoyed every bit of the event featuring spectacular parades, stunning tableaus and jaw dropping performances.




          Photos by Sumit Malhotra

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