Indian Army to End Colonial Practices of Using Horse-driven Buggies, Pipe Bands During Dinners
Indian Army is set to do away with colonial practices like using horse-driven buggies in functions, pulling out ceremonies on retirement and using pipe bands during dinners. Army chief General Manoj Pande has initiated the process to end these legacy practices in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directions. The following shall cease or be discontinued from now on including the use of buggies, pulling out ceremony and using pipers during dinner nights, a formation of the Indian Army issued instructions to the units under it in this regard. The Indian Army, as per the directions of the government, is reviewing legacy practices like customs and traditions from the colonial and pre-colonial era, uniforms and accoutrement, regulations, laws, rules, policies, unit establishment, institutes of colonial past, a news agency ANI report mentioned.
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