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Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year.
Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will be present at the France's national parade this year like Sarkozy did In New Delhi 2008. India will be guest of honour and Indian Marathas troops will parade down the Champs Elysees.
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Bastille Day welcomes the Marathas from India
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History
Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale ("National Celebration") in official parlance, or more commonly le quatorze juillet ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Bastille Day falls during the Tour de France and is traditionally a day when French riders try to take a stage victory for France, working harder than they might on other days.
Article 17 of the Constitution of France gives the President the authority to pardon offenders, and since 1991 the President has pardoned many petty offenders (mainly traffic offences) on 14 July.
2009
As well as did Sarkozy in January 2008 at New Delhi for India's independence day; Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will be present at the France's national parade this year. India will be guest of honour at France's national day celebrations and Indian Marathas troops will parade down the Champs Elysees.
The marathas among a full 400-strong contingent of the three wings of Indian defence forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) are expected to visit France to take part in the National Day celebrations.
This is the first time in the history of Indian Army the Maratha will have the honour of participating in France’s ‘Bastille Day’
A prominent feature of the band contingent will be the drummers and bagpipers who would be playing Indian martial music.
More about military parade
Various military and police - on foot, horseback or motorized parade – make the procession, before splitting into two at the arrival on the Place de la Concorde.
As well as the foreign legion that runs on the side left, and the band of cavalry of the Republican Guard, which runs on the right. The average speed of motorized parade of the troops is 14 km / h. A fly has also held over the avenue.
Festivities are held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic,as well as inf front of a large part of government and foreign ambassadors in France, meeting in the grand stand, which is attached to the obelisk of the Concorde.
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