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An office note issued last month said the Republic Day 2024 parade would feature “only women participating” in ensembles – marchers and band – and tableaus, among the performances during the parade in the Cartavia track. The memorandum directed all participating ministries, departments, organizations and bodies to start preparing for this.
However, sources in the government said that this would effectively mean getting maximum representation of women in the parade, since some marching bands such as the Army Infantry Band cannot have women at the moment.
Also in the 2023 parade, the theme of nari shakti or women’s power is front and center. Here are some of the major milestones from recent years at the parades, which have seen many debuts for female officers.
2023
With the main theme of the show being “Nari Shakti,” the navy panel featured a female Dornier aircrew flying overhead, highlighting the all-female crew of the observation sortie that took place last year. The presence of an all-women armed police battalion in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was a novelty.
Both the Navy and the Indian Air Force were commanded by female officers – Lieutenant Commander Disha Amrith and Sgt. Eldir Sindhu Reddy respectively. Reddy is a Mi-17 helicopter pilot and Amrith is an observer with the Navy’s Dornier 228 maritime patrol aircraft. For the first time ever, the Navy’s drone unit consisted of three women and six recruits.
The column of the Akash missile system was led by Lieutenant Chetana Sharma, an army air defense officer.
In the show, a female officer co-leads a team of “daredevils,” or motorcyclists from the Corps of Signals. Women were part of the Border Security Force’s camel squad for the first time this year.
2022
Country First female Rafale fighter pilot Shivangi Singh She was part of the Indian Air Force panel for the Republic Day parade in 2022. She is the second woman fighter jet pilot to participate in the Indian Air Force panel.
also, As a report in Indian Express maleof the daring women who performed stunts as part of the Banque Saudi Fransi troupe that year, 14 were given jobs on humanitarian grounds after the death of their fathers or husbands.
2021
Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth became the first female fighter pilot to be part of the Indian Air Force Panel. Two years ago, I became The first female fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force to qualify for combat missions Per day. She is one of the first batch of fighter pilots and the second batch of pilots who fight a single battle.
2020
Tanya Shergill led an all-male band in that year’s Republic Day Parade as the first woman in the Judge’s Parade. On Women’s Day that year, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh cited her example to express the view that no door in the forces should remain closed to women.
2019
An all-female battalion of the Assam Rifles participated for the first time in 2019. Major Khushboo Kanwar led the parade of the country’s oldest paramilitary force. “Leading an all-female division of the Assam Rifles was a matter of great honor and pride for me. We trained very hard… I am the daughter of a bus driver from Rajasthan and if I can make it happen then any girl can make her dream come true,” she told PTI.
Captain Shikha Surabhi of the Signals Corps performed bicycle stunts alongside her male colleagues as part of the daredevils team.
2018
The year saw the participation of a battalion of female motorcyclists from the Border Security Force. The 27 daredevil women members performed stunts and acrobatics on their 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles. The newly formed team “Sima Bhawani” was led by Sub-Inspector Stanzen Noryang and had 113 members.
2016
Again, to mark the first, a women’s stunt troupe from CRPF performed at the event and was named “Women Daredevils CRPF”, consisting of 120 troopers.
2015
For the first time in the country’s history, a team of women from the three forces – Army, Air Force and Navy – walked the road between India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
The army battalion was commanded by Capt. Divya Ajith, and the Marine Corps was commanded by Lt. Sandhya Chauhan. The Air Force division was led by Squadron Leader Sneha Shekhawat. The units had 148 personnel from each of the Army, Air Force and Navy. “We believe we are equal and second to none. We already participated for the first time in the Army Day, and now it will be the Republic Day Parade for the first time again. So, yes, we wish we could be in the fighting force,” said Capt. Ajith, who was with the Army Air Defense Corps.
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