New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the salute of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) at an impressive parade held at Garrison Parade Ground Delhi Cantt. on Saturday.
The NCC cadets comprising of mounted and marching contingents of "Young Custodians of Nation".
Pulsating with high energy, enthused and endowed with charismatic patriotic fervour the cadets representing 17 Directorates dotted the landscape with vibrant colours.
At least 97 cadets from 9 friendly foreign countries participating under Youth Exchange Programme (YEP) also marched in sync along with their Indian counterparts.
The event has its genesis in the year 1951 in the form of a Pagal Gymkhana and Sports. However it got its present shape in 1954. Since then all Prime Ministers have always graciously presided over the event; and since its inception the event has come to be known as the Prime Minister's Rally.
The march past was followed by a spectacular display of various skills by the cadets of three wings of the NCC.
