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Know what is Beating Retreat, performed 3 days after Republic Day

New Delhi: January 29 is the day India performs its Beating Retreat ceremony every year.  This ceremony officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities and is performed after three days from Republic Day.   It



This ceremony revives an ancient war custom according to which troops used to stop fighting at sunset. Bugles announcing the sunset would sound in the battlefield.  

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