On the picture HE Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri with Russian Head of Mission to the EU, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov.
To fête the final adoption of India’s republican and democratic constitutional system on 26 January 1950, the Head of Mission of India to the EU, HE Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, Ambassador to Belgium and non-resident to Luxembourg, and his consort Mrs Namrita Puri hosted a reception in the premises of the Indian mission in Brussels.
In New Delhi, Republic Day is celebrated with a large military parade hosted by the Indian President at Rajpath (King’s Way). This year President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee received French president François Hollande as “Chief Guest”, that is, the annual main foreign dignitary invited who is always a foreign head of state or government.
For more information:
Mission of India to the EU, Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg : www.indembassy.be
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Pictures by Mission of India to the EU, Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg.