Beating the Retreat 2018 - Annual musical extravaganza

The magnificent Beating Retreat officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of 29 January, 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, plus from 2016 a mass formation of bands of the Central Armed Police Forces and the Delhi Police. The venue is Raisina Hills and an adjacent square, Vijay Chowk, flanked by the north and south block of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, towards the end of Rajpath. The Social Media team of Doordarshan live-streaming this event, comprise Arjun Mehto (Senior Content Manager) & Jaswinder Singh (Engineer). #BeatingRetreat2018 #BeatingReteat #Army #Music #ArmyBands #RaisinaHills #VijayChowk #Rajpath Follow us : Twitter : www.twitter.com/DDNational Facebook : www.facebook.com/DoordarshanNational