Indian Republic Day celebrations 26-Jan-2008

[Vinay]

Hello Friends, I have posted 2006 and 2007 Republic day images in this forum. Now I am posting the images of the 59th Republic day celebration of the Secular Democratic Republic of India.

French President Nicholas Sarkozy was the chief guest
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Ashoka Chakra was awarded to the brave soldiers who died fighting terrorists.
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The Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh laying wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti.
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Marching contingent. The salute was taken by the President Smt. Prathibha Patil
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The BSF camel contingent
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[Vinay]

CISF (Central Industrial Security Force)
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CRPF(Central Reserve Police Force)
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Delhi Police
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Agni-III missile
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Cultural program
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The record is in their name
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[Vinay]

The Big Boy formation by transport fleet of the IAF
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Su-30 MKI
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[Vinay]

Webcast
http://republicday.nic.in/2007/index.html

[Kapitan]

Thanks vinay but all i can see is white box with red cross in them and the link cannot find server either :(

[joea]

Don't even see a red cross. :-? Would love to see the pics.

[STEED]

I shared my birthday with Indian Republic Day. :hmm:

Indian curry all round, and beer of course. :D









PS: Would had liked to see those pictures. :yep:

[Konovalov]

Don't even see a red cross. :-? Would love to see the pics.

Yep, still not working. Bummer. :down:

[Vinay]

Yes, it is unavialable at the moment. This is the message I got from the website.
Service Unavailable

The requested service is temporarily unavailable. It is either overloaded or under maintenance. Please try later.




So tomorrow you will be able to see the images from the site.

[Vinay]

Here's some images from other site.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/features/article_1388585.php/In_photos_India_Republic_Day_Celebrations

[baggygreen]

And on the 26th it was also Australia Day

good day, the 26th!:up:

[Vinay]

And on the 26th it was also Australia Day

good day, the 26th!:up:

Joint celebration atleast in the cricket world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZY6zWsY84&feature=related

:up:

[Torplexed]

The pictures are showing up fine for me now. Going by the uniforms it looks like quite a few nationalities were present for the celebrations. :cool: