In Photos: Army Day Parade Outside Delhi For the First Time Since 1949

In a first, the parade has been shifted to Bengaluru from Delhi.

Image used for representational purposes.

(Photo: Twitter/ PM Narendra Modi)

For the first time, the Army Day parade, which used to take place in Delhi, was held in Bengaluru at Parade Ground, MEG & Centre.

Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande takes the salute during the 75th Army Day celebrations at Govind Swamy Parade Ground in Bengaluru, Sunday, 15 January.

Army helicopters fly-past during the 75th Army Day celebrations at Govind Swamy Parade Ground in Bengaluru.

Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year.

The Army Day is celebrated to commemorate the occasion when General (Later Field Marshal) KM Carriappa took over the command of the Indian Army in 1949 from General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.

The parade was held at various field commands in India.

A wreath laying ceremony was also organised at Veerula Sainik Smarak Ground Secunderabad on 15 January.

The occasion was witnessed by nominated officers and soldiers attired in full ceremonial dress adorning glittering medals depicting their various achievements in the service of the nation while they paid homage to the martyrs.

"Every Indian is proud of our Army and will always be grateful to our soldiers," tweeted PM Narendra Modi.