India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday (January 26, 2021), which will be the first to be organized amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, the Republic Day celebrations will be a quieter affair as there will be a shorter parade, no chief guest to grace the occasion and much less public participation in the event.

India: First Republic Day parade without chief guest in 55 years

India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday (January 26, 2021), which will be the first to be organized amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PM Narendra Modi pays homage to martyrs at National War Memorial on 72nd Republic Day.

India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day, Indian PM Modi pays tribute to martyrs

As India celebrates 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday, it is time for a musical rewind, the Bollywood way. There are countless classics that spring to mind. We look at a few that continue to resonate with the youth today, for the way they capture various moods of India.

Republic Day 2021: Patriotic tunes of various moods