Movie based on beating the retreat screened at Shaurya Smarak

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Movie based on beating the retreat screened at Shaurya Smarak

Wednesday, 21 September 2022 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

A movie based on Beating Retreat was screened at Shaurya Samarak on Tuesday. The movie was screened under the regular series of movie screening based on Indian army and navy forces at open air auditorium.

The movie was made under the banner of Film Division of India and was directed by Kanwar K Kishori. The entire history of Beating Retreat is showcased in the film.

Beating Retreat is a military ceremony dating to 16th century England and was first used to recall nearby patrolling units to their castle. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

It is performed by the bands of the three wings of the military, the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, and pipe bands from the Army.

The Chief Guest of the function is the President of India. The ceremony was started in the early 1950s when Major G.A. Roberts from Grenadier battalion of the Indian army. This legacy was a handover of British influence. However, when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were visiting India for the first time after independence, the then Prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru summoned Major G A Roberts asking him to do something spectacularly creative and eventful for the Queens visit. That is when The Beating Retreat was officially. Thereafter it became official ceremony.

The ceremony starts by the massed bands of the three services marching in unison, playing popular marching tunes like Colonel Bogey March, Sons of the Brave and Qadam Qadam Badaye Ja. This is followed by the bugle call for Sunset by the buglers, and all the flags are slowly brought down. The bands march back playing a popular martial tune and the official march of the Armed Forces, Sare Jahan se Accha.

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