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Best marching contingents & tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2023 announced

  • Panel chooses Punjab Regiment Centre Contingent as best Marching Contingent among the three services; Indian Air Force wins online poll
  • Uttarakhand adjudged best State/UT tableau by a panel of judges; Gujarat wins online public poll conducted by MyGov
  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs bags top position among Ministries/Departments in the panel of judges section; Ministry of Home Affairs (CAPF) clinches top spot in popular choice category
  • CRPF named best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces in both categories

New Delhi. The best marching contingents and tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2023 have been announced. Separate results – one by a panel of judges and other through an online public vote conducted by MyGov – have been declared.

Three panels of judges were appointed for assessing the performance of Marching Contingents from three Services, Marching Contingents from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)/other auxiliary forces and tableaux from various States/Union Territories and Ministries/Departments. On the basis of the assessment of the panels, the results are:

  • Best Marching Contingent among the three services – Punjab Regiment Centre Contingent
  • Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces – Crpf Marching Contingent
  • Best three Tableaux (States/UTs)
  1. First – Uttarakhand (Manaskhand)
  2. Second – Maharashtra (Sade Tin Shaktipithe & Nari Shakti)
  3. Third – Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsav)
  • Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments) – Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs))
  • Special Prize
  1. Central Public Works Department (Biodiversity Conservation)
  2. ‘Vande Bharatam’ Dance Group.

In addition to the panel of judges, a web page was created on MyGov platform for online registration of citizens for watching the Republic Day Parade and Beating Retreat Ceremony 2023 online. An online poll was conducted by MyGov for the citizens to vote for their favourite Tableaux from States/UTs and Ministries/Departments as also amongst the Marching contingents to select the best amongst popular choice category.

The online poll for the popular choice was conducted between January 25-28 |on MyGov web page. The results are:

  • Best Marching Contingent among the three services – INDIAN AIR FORCE MARCHING CONTINGENT
  • Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces – CRPF MARCHING CONTINGENT
  • Best three Tableaux (States/UTs):
  1. First – Gujarat (Clean-Green energy efficient Gujarat)
  2. Second – Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsava)
  3. Third – Maharashtra (Sade tin Shaktipeeth and Nari Shakti)
  • Best Tableau (Central Ministries/Departments) – CAPF (Ministry of Home Affairs)

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