India celebrates Republic Day with Indonesian president as chief guest

Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's president (centre right), arrives for the Republic Day parade at the ceremonial Kartavya Path in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. Indonesia and India will step up their economic and defense cooperation as the South Asian nation seeks to position itself as a counterbalance to China in the region. -- Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

NEW DELHI (AP): India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a colorful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity on a boulevard in the heart of country’s capital. Indonesian president was the guest of honour.

Tens of thousands of people lined the road on a cold Sunday morning to watch the long parade to mark the anniversary of the official adoption of India’s Constitution on Jan. 26, 1950, nearly three years after independence from British colonial rule.