India is all set to celebrate its 70th Republic Day on January 26, 2019. The nation wants to celebrate this big day in a very special therefore various special activities will be performed for the first time on republic day. We have given here some points on what are special activities this year on Indian Republic Day 2019:

1. It will be the first time in a history that a woman officer would be leading the Army Services Corps in the 2019 Republic Day parade. The Daredevils Motorcycle Team will also include a women officer in their team this year.

2. For the first time that winners of National Bravery Awards might not be able to join the parade at Rajpath as the NGO giving the awards has allegations of financial integrity. The winners of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar will get the chance to walk at Rajpath parade.

3. For the  first time, all women contingent of Assam Rifles, which is one of the oldest paramilitary forces of India, will take part in the Republic Day parade this year.

4. This year, Indian Air Force will be flying an aircraft which will run by blended bio-fuel on the Republic Day 2019 fly-past with 10 percent of bio-fuel in it. The aircraft will fly over Rajpath with a ‘V’ shape formation resembling ‘Victory’ sign.

5. This republic day will also witness the inclusion of M777 Howitzer and K9 Vajra, the self propelled gun which are the latest artilleries inducted in the Indian Army. T-90 tanks, SU-30, Mig 29, Jaguar aircrafts will also be major attraction of the parade.