Photos: France celebrates Bastille Day with parade, tribute to India

Modi watched the Bastille Day parade alongside French President Emmanuel Macron

Published: July 14, 2023 13:52 Gulf News Report

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France is celebrating its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris -- and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the country. Image Credit: AFP

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Students of the Ecole Polytechnique Military School. | The annual festivities, which mark the storming of the Bastille prison at the start of the French Revolution in 1789, kicked off with a traditional military parade in the morning that saw over 5,000 people sweep down the Champs Elysees. Image Credit: Reuters

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India is the guest of honor at this year’s Bastille Day parade, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi watching in the VIP tribune alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. Image Credit: Reuters

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Punjab Regiment soldiers. | About 240 Indian troops lead the march down the Champs-Elysees before thousands of French forces, and French-made Indian warplanes will join the traditional flyby that wraps up the event. Image Credit: AFP

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France often showcases international partners on Bastille Day, and the choice of India comes as France looks to further strengthen cooperation on fighting climate change, military sales and the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Image Credit: AFP

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Celebrations are held in towns and cities around France on Bastille Day, meant to celebrate France’s ideals of 'liberty, equality and fraternity.' Image Credit: AFP

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Indian Army Rajputana Rifles Band. Image Credit: AFP

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Pupils of the National Gendarmerie Officers' Academy. Image Credit: AFP

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The '132e Regiment d’infanterie cynotechnique' Image Credit: AFP

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, France's President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron look at Paris Fire Brigade marching during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Pupils of the Combined Arms School. Image Credit: AFP

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Indian Navy and Air Force troops. Image Credit: Reuters

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