{"id":347548,"date":"2024-01-31T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=347548"},"modified":"2024-02-01T03:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:07:50","slug":"republic-day-parade-2024-best-marching-contingents-and-tableaux-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/republic-day-parade-2024-best-marching-contingents-and-tableaux-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Republic Day Parade 2024: Best marching contingents and tableaux awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Republic-Day-Parade-2024-Best-marching-contingents-and-tableaux-awarded.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347549\" width=\"664\" height=\"381\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi : Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday gave away the best marching contingents and tableaux awards for the Republic Day Parade. He announced separate results, one by a panel of judges and the other through an online public vote conducted by MyGov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three panels of judges were appointed to assess the performance of Marching Contingents from three Services, Marching Contingents from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)\/other auxiliary forces, and tableaux from various States\/Union Territories and Ministries\/Departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odisha was adjudged the best state\/union territory (UT) tableau by a panel of judges whereas Sikh Regiment Contingent as best marching contingent among the three services, and Delhi Police Women Contingent named best marching contingent among Central Armed Police Forces\/other auxiliary forces in both categories, an Ministry of Defence (MoD) official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MoD in a statement added that best states\/UTs tableau award was given to Odisha&#8217;s Woman Empowerment in Viksit Bharat, followed by Gujarat (Dhordo: A Global Icon Of Gujarat&#8217;s Border Tourism) and Tamil Nadu (Kudavolai System in ancient Tamil Nadu &#8212; Mother of Democracy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ministry of Culture&#8217;s tableau based on the theme &#8216;Bharat: Mother of Democracy&#8217; bagged the top position among Ministries\/Departments in the panel of judges section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Prize was given to Central Public Works Department (Central Vista &#8212; Viksit Bharat Ka Pratibimb) whereas special memento was given to &#8216;Vande Bharatam&#8217; \u2013 Dance Group, the MoD official added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MoD said that in addition to the panel of judges, a web page was created on MyGov platform for online registration of citizens for watching the Republic Day Parade and Beating the Retreat Ceremony 2024 online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An online poll was conducted by MyGov for the citizens to vote for their favourite tableau from states\/UTs and Ministries\/Departments as well as among the marching contingents to select the best among the popular choice category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The online poll for the popular choice was conducted between January 25 to 27 on MyGov web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results mentioned disclosed that best marching contingent among the three services is Rajputana Rifles Regimental Marching Contingent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Marching Contingent among CAPF\/other auxiliary forces is CRPF Woman Marching Contingent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First position for states\/UTs tableau was given to Gujarat (Dhordo: A Global Icon Of Gujarat&#8217;s Border Tourism) followed by Uttar Pradesh (Viksit Bharat Samradh Virasat), Andhra Pradesh (Transforming School Education in Andhra Pradesh \u2013 Making Students Globally Competitive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best tableau for Central Ministries\/Departments was given to &#8216;Vibrant Villages&#8217; prepared by Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi : Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday gave away the best marching contingents and tableaux awards for the Republic Day Parade. He announced separate results, one by a panel of judges and the other through an online public vote conducted by MyGov. 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