Beating Retreat 2020: Tickets, timings, other details of the R-Day ceremony

Beating Retreat 2020: Tickets for the Beating Retreat 2020 are sold at various spots spread across Delhi. Here's all you need to know

The Beating Retreat ceremony, organised at the Vijay Chowk on January 29 every year, marks the culmination of the four-day-long Republic Day celebrations. The ceremony includes performance by the bands of three wings of the military - Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force at Raisina Hills.

The ceremony traces its origins to the early 1950s when Major Roberts of the Indian Army developed the unique ceremony of display by the massed bands.

What you must know about the 'Beating Retreat' ceremony

The Beating Retreat ceremony marks a centuries-old military tradition when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms