Bastille Day Parade [UPSC Notes]

France has recently invited the Indian Prime Minister to visit Paris as a guest at the annual Bastille Day parade (14 July). In this article, you can read all about the Bastille Day Parade and its significance. This topic is relevant for the IAS exam.

Bastille Day Parade

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• In 2009 Manmohan Singh was invited as the Bastille Day parade guest.
• This day is marked as the National Day of France.
• July 14 is the anniversary of the storming of the infamous Bastille prison in 1789 – a turning point for the success of the French Revolution.
• It is also one of the oldest regular military parades in the world.
• The Bastille Day military parade, also known as the 14 July military parade, is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of 14 July each year in Paris since 1880.

Significance:

• French and Indian countries mark the 25th year of their strategic partnership.
• The Indian prime minister and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to discuss many important agreements on defence, nuclear power and the Indo-Pacific Region.
• If the Prime minister accepts the French invitation, it will test India’s efforts to walk a tightrope between western countries and Russia on the Ukraine conflict.

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