71 contingents of army, police, schoolchildren take part in Republic Day parade in Lucknow
Seventy-one contingents comprising the army, paramilitary, police and schoolchildren dressed in uniforms and attires marched through the streets here to celebrate the 71st Republic Day on Sunday.
The parade started from Ravindralaya (in Charbagh) and culminated at the K D Singh Babu Stadium.
Elaborating about it, District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash told PTI, "The total number of contingents stood at 71, as it is the 71st Republic Day. The contingents were drawn from military, paramilitary, police, bands, schoolchildren, tableaux of various organisations and departments, and cultural programmes by schoolchildren. The main theme for this year was national integration, swachhta (cleanliness), environment, Ganga and fit India."
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