Kolkata: Red Road's Republic Day event

Kolkata: West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes part in the Republic Day festivities at Red Road on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, is present at the Republic Day parade on Red Road on January 26, 2025. (Picture: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee reaches Red Road for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, comes to the Republic Day events at Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Artists entertain spectators at the Republic Day event on Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: C.V. Ananda Bose, the Governor of West Bengal, hoists the National Flag at the 76th Republic Day celebration on Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: C.V. Ananda Bose, the Governor, unfurls the National Flag for the 76th Republic Day celebration at Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Members of the Indian Army are part of the Republic Day event on Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Indian Army members engage in the Republic Day activities at Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: Soldiers of the Indian Army demonstrate robotic quadrupeds at the Republic Day event on Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: The military band entertains the crowd at the Republic Day event on Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: A military band plays during the Republic Day festivities at Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Kolkata: The military band plays during the Republic Day celebrations at Red Road in Kolkata on January 26, 2025. (Image: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)