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India at 75: History & Significance of the Beating Retreat ceremony ... (Republic World)

The Attari-Wagah border is one of those India-Pakistan borders that witnessed the horrors of partition and has seen people crossing from one country to ...

Then, the opening of the gates at the border and the lowering of the national flags on both sides take place. The age-old ceremony between the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers is being conducted since 1959 as a showcase of the harmony between the two nations. The Beating Retreat ceremony is an iconic tradition in which the National Flags of both India and Pakistan are lowered at the border just before dusk.

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Watch: Beating Retreat at Attari-Wagah border on Independence Day (Hindustan Times)

Several hours before the ceremony, enthusiastic spectators began trickling into sitting areas on either side of chunky iron gates separating the two nations ...

The flags will be folded and the massive iron gates clunk will shut. Then the gates will open. The Beating Retreat will draw to a close with the lowering of the flags and a handshake.

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Thousands witness iconic Attari-Wagah border ceremony after two ... (Business Standard)

This time the beating retreat ceremony comprising flag lowering and ceremonial drill held at the Attari-Wagah border with a full-key affair was special as ...

The BSF resumed the ceremony for public viewing with a limited audience of 300 after over a year and half in September last year. There is a huge crowd outside the venue, their turn. Her friend Monika Handa, added: "We reached here four hours in advance, so we managed to enter the gallery.

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Zee News: Latest News, Live Breaking News, Today News, India ... (Zee News)

Independence is also being celebrated at the Attari border. Watch the exclusive coverage of Zee News from Attari Border. Watch video on Zee News.

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Beating retreat ceremony underway at Attari-Wagah border near ... (ThePrint)

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 15 (ANI): The beating retreat ceremony is underway at the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar on the occasion of 76th ...

“The feeling of nationalism and the message of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ was spread across the nation. The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign commenced on Saturday and will run till today. At the ceremony, cultural acts, patriotic songs, dances were presented and the Indian national flag was hoisted. “It is the occasion of the completion of 75 years of independence. They have enhanced the vigour and motivation of the army personnel,” said Jasbir Singh, BSF Commandant. In these programmes, the people from the villages, government organisations, NGOs, and schools and colleges took part with great vigour.

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Zee News: Latest News, Live Breaking News, Today News, India ... (Zee News)

India is celebrating Independence Day as Amrit Mahotsav on completion of 75 years of Independence. It is being celebrated at the Attari border as well.

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Watch the Electrifying Independence Day 2022 Beating Retreat ... (Republic World)

The Beating Retreat ceremony is a daily military practice that the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers have jointly followed together since ...

Despite the intimidating eye- to- eye staring and ferocious actions, at no point during the 45-minute ceremony is there any physical contact between the two forces. The ceremony is a daily military practice that India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers have jointly followed together since 1959. On the occasion of India's 76th Independence Day on Monday, the beating retreat ceremony was held at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab's Amritsar. A highly electrifying and spectacular atmosphere was witnessed at the Attari-Wagah border as a huge crowd had gathered right before the beating retreat ceremony and were heard singing songs, dancing, cheering for our soldiers and waving the Indian National flags.

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