Republic day: UAE contingent to be a part of parade this year indianexpress.com

The UAE is the second country after France to send its troops to participate in the Republic Day parade of India, a tradition that started last year. A contingent of 179 United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers will do a march-past at the parade. The UAE has sent 195 jawans, 15 officers and 15 support staff. Of these, 144 jawans and 35 band members will be part of the parade at Rajpath and will present a ceremonial salute to the President of India.