72nd Republic Day : Here are all the Highlights and awardees list of 2021

The Tricolour unfurled at Rajpath within the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other dignitaries. The whole nation witnessed the strength of our strong and proud republic. Thus, celebrating the 72nd Republic day of India.

Delhi: The Tricolour unfurled at Rajpath in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, on 72nd #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/h4FjOzRI2B

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPUBLIC DAY PARADE :

 

• PM Narendra Modi wore a colorful ‘Paghdi’ on republic day. It’s especially gifted to him from the royal family of Gujarat’s Jamnagar. While he laid a wreath at the National War Memorial he wore this ‘Halari Pagh'(royal head turban). Accompanied by a gray jacket and cream-colored shawl. Thus, pursuing the same tradition of wearing colorful turbans on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day.

 

• In the presence of the Defence Minister, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, and Chief of Navy Staff Honorable Prime Minister signed the ceremonial book. At the National War Memorial at the India Gate.

            HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TABLEAUS :

•  A total of 32 tableaus presented at Rajpath to depict the economic, cultural, and heritage of the country. This 32 tableau includes 17 states and union territories, six from the Defense ministry. Also nine from other Union ministries and paramilitary forces. Moreover, the first time the Ladakh tableau was also featured in this. As the union territory created in 2019 after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir including the first time.

• The tableau of the Department of Biotechnology depicted the theme of ‘Aatma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: COVID’. Thus, depicting the whole process of vaccine development through various processes.

• The tableau of Punjab depicted the theme of  ‘400th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur’. Thus, showcasing the glory of the 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur.

• The tableau of Uttar Pradesh depicted the theme of  ‘Ayodhya: Cultural Heritage of Uttar Pradesh’.Along with Ram Mandir on display.

• Starting the parade with a one Rafale aircraft flying at a speed of 900km/hr completing out a ‘Vertical Charlie’.Also Piloted by GP Capt Harkirat Singh, Shaurya Chakra, Commanding Officer of 17 Squadron with Sqn Ldr Kislaykant.

• Specially Marching Contingent and Band of Bangladesh Army participated. This is the first-ever time they participated in the republic day parade. The 122-member strong contingent is led by Lt Col Abu Mohammed Shahnoor Shawan.

• The Indian Air Force tableau consists of the first three female fighter pilots of the country Flt Lt Bhawna Kanth.
• Captain Preeti Choudhary, the only woman contingent commander from Army at Republic Day parade 2021. Also, she leads an upgraded Schilka Weapon system of 140 Air Defence Regiment (Self Propelled).

The ‘Rudra’ formation:

• This comprises a Dakota aircraft flanked by 2 Mi-17 IV helicopters. Dakotas were instrumental in airlifting troops into Kashmir Valley. In 1947 to repel invaders from across the border. Also for leading Bangladesh’s liberation they played a significant role in the Tangail airdrop.

The ‘Trinetra’ Formation:

• This comprised of three Su-30MKIs – the three aircraft split outwards and upwards. Thus, forming a ‘Trishul in the Sky’. The formation is led by Gp Capt AK Misra.Along with Commanding Officer of 15 Squadron with Sqn Ldr RC Kulkarni.

The ‘Trinetra’ formation comprising of three Su-30MKIs – the three aircraft split outwards and upwards, forming a ‘Trishul in the Sky’. The formation is led by Gp Capt AK Misra. Commanding Officer of 15 Squadron with Sqn Ldr RC Kulkarni. #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/82BwnSt8Xv

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021

 

• The Farmers’ tractor rally also happened at Delhi’s Dhansa border.

AWARDEES LIST OF 2021 On Republic Day:

Today’s republic day function ended with pride in oneself for being an Indian. It was since 1967 that the function was attended by no guest from a foreign nation.

On the eve of the 72nd Republic Day, the President conferred 119 Civilian awards together with the gallantry ones.

THE PADMA AWARDS:

 

PADMA VIBHUSHAN – 

Awarded for exceptional and distinguished services. Here is the list :

Name	Field	State/Country
Shri Shinzo Abe	Public Affairs	Japan
Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous)	Art	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde	Medicine	Karnataka
Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous)	Science and Engineering	United States of America
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan	Others- Spiritualism	Delhi
Shri B. B. Lal	Others- Archaeology	Delhi
Shri Sudarshan Sahoo	Art	Odisha

PADMA BHUSHAN –

Awarded for distinguished services of a high order. Here is the list:

Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra	Art	Kerala
Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Assam
Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara	Literature and Education	Karnataka
Ms. Sumitra Mahajan	Public Affairs	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Nripendra Misra	Civil Service	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Bihar
Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Gujarat
Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous)	Others-Spiritualism	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Tarlochan Singh	Public Affairs	Haryana

PADMA SHREE –

Awarded for distinguished services in any field. Here is the list:

Shri Gulfam Ahmed	Art	Uttar Pradesh
Ms. P. Anitha	Sports	Tamil Nadu
Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Subbu Arumugam	Art	Tamil Nadu
Shri Prakasarao Asavadi	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Bhuri Bai	Art	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Radhe Shyam Barle	Art	Chhattisgarh
Shri Dharma Narayan Barma	Literature and Education	West Bengal
Ms. Lakhimi Baruah	Social Work	Assam
Shri Biren Kumar Basak	Art	West Bengal
Ms. Rajni Bector	Trade and Industry	Punjab
Shri Peter Brook	Art	United Kingdom
Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak	Social Work	Mizoram
Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat	Art	Assam
Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty	Public Affairs	Assam
Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay	Literature and Education	West Bengal
Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous)	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Tsultrim Chonjor	Social Work	Ladakh
Ms. Mouma Das	Sports	West Bengal
Shri Srikant Datar	Literature and Education	United States of America
Shri Narayan Debnath	Art	West Bengal
Ms. Chutni Devi	Social Work	Jharkhand
Ms. Dulari Devi	Art	Bihar
Ms. Radhe Devi	Art	Manipur
Ms. Shanti Devi	Social Work	Odisha
Shri Wayan Dibia	Art	Indonesia
Shri Dadudan Gadhavi	Literature & Education	Gujarat
Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal	Literature and Education	Haryana
Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder	Literature and Education	West Bengal
Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary	Literature and Education	Assam
Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa	Sports	Arunachal Pradesh
Ms. Purnamasi Jani	Art	Odisha
Matha B. Manjamma Jogati	Art	Karnataka
Shri Damodaran Kaithapram	Art	Kerala
Shri Namdeo C Kamble	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous)	Art	Gujarat
Shri Rajat Kumar Kar	Literature and Education	Odisha
Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap	Literature and Education	Karnataka
Ms. Prakash Kaur	Social Work	Punjab
Shri Nicholas Kazanas	Literature and Education	Greece
Shri K Kesavasamy	Art	Puducherry
Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan	Art	Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Lakha Khan	Art	Rajasthan
Ms. Sanjida Khatun	Art	Bangladesh
Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar	Art	Goa
Ms. Niru Kumar	Social Work	Delhi
Ms. Lajwanti	Art	Punjab
Shri Rattan Lal	Science and Engineering	United States of America
Shri Ali Manikfan	Others-Grassroots Innovation	Lakshadweep
Shri Ramachandra Manjhi	Art	Bihar
Shri Dulal Manki	Art	Assam
Shri Nanadro B Marak	Others- Agriculture	Meghalaya
Shri Rewben Mashangva	Art	Manipur
Shri Chandrakant Mehta	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal	Medicine	Punjab
Shri Madhavan Nambiar	Sports	Kerala
Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal	Social Work	Rajasthan
Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav	Medicine	Delhi
Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous)	Medicine	Delhi
Shri Solomon Pappaiah	Literature and Education- Journalism	Tamil Nadu
Ms. Pappammal	Others- Agriculture	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi	Medicine	Odisha
Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Girish Prabhune	Social Work	Maharashtra
Shri Nanda Prusty	Literature and Education	Odisha
Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar	Art	Kerala
Shri Balan Putheri	Literature and Education	Kerala
Ms. Birubala Rabha	Social Work	Assam
Shri Kanaka Raju	Art	Telangana
Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath	Art	Tamil Nadu
Shri Satyaram Reang	Art	Tripura
Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo	Medicine	Kerala
Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay	Medicine	Uttarakhand
Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal	Social Work	Maharashtra
Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Roman Sarmah	Literature and Education- Journalism	Assam
Shri Imran Shah	Literature and Education	Assam
Shri Prem Chand Sharma	Others- Agriculture	Uttarakhand
Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
Shri Ram Yatna Shukla	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jitender Singh Shunty	Social Work	Delhi
Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh	Art	Himachal Pradesh
Shri Kartar Singh	Art	Punjab
Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh	Medicine	Bihar
Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh	Others-Agriculture	Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Virender Singh	Sports	Haryana
Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Bihar
Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous)	Art	Tamil Nadu
Guru Maa Kamali Soren	Social Work	West Bengal
Shri Marachi Subburaman	Social Work	Tamil Nadu
Shri P Subramanian (Posthumous)	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Kapil Tiwari	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
Father Vallés (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Spain
Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous)	Medicine	Tamil Nadu
Shri Sridhar Vembu	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
Shri K Y Venkatesh	Sports	Karnataka
Ms. Usha Yadav	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir	Public Affairs	Bangladesh

 

These awards are given to the army and police personnel for their exemplary courage and services during peace and war times. Also, this year witnessed the Galwan martyrs as a paid homage.

1.WAR TIME GALLANTRY AWARDS:

• MAHAVIR CHAKRA – The second highest wartime gallantry award after the Paramvir Chakra.Also Col Santosh Babu of the 16 Bihar regiment given the Mahavir Chakra this year.
• VIR CHAKRA –1. NB Sub Nuduram Soren, 16 Bihar (Posthumous)2. Hav K Palani, 81 FD Regt (Posthumous)3. Hav Tejinder Singh, 3 Med REGT

  4. NK Deepak Singh, AMC, 16 Bihar (Posthumous)

  5. Sep Gurtej Singh, 3 Punjab (Posthumous)

2.    PEACE TIME GALLANTRY AWARDS:

• KIRTI CHAKRA – This year only one recipient. So the Sub Sanjiv Kumar, 4 Para(SF)(posthumous) holds this award.
• SHAURYA CHAKRA – Three chakras awarded to Major Anuj Sood, Guards,21 RR(Posthumous), RFN Pranab Jyoti Das. Along with 6 Assam RIF, PTR Sonam Tshering Tamang, 4 PARA(SF).

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