Delhi: Parade for the Leader- PBG Horse parade
WildFilmsIndia
2013-06-19
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A mounted parade held on the 30th of March 2013 to commemorate the completion of 240 years of service by the President's Bodyguards. The President of india Dr. Pranab Mukherjee presented a Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to his guards.
The PBG, being the President of India's own troops, has the unique honor of being the only regiment in the Indian Army that is privileged to carry the President's Silver Trumpet and The Trumpet Banner. In a ceremonious presentation, the President of India bestows the distinguished trumpet and the trumpet banner to his bodyguard. The trumpet banner has the Ashoka Lions as well as the initials of the President of India.
The PBG was raised in the year 1773, in Benaras by then Governor General, Sir Warren Hastings, with strength of 50 handpicked troopers. They were known by different names as years passed, but for a major chunk of time they were known as the GGBG, that is the Governor General's Body Guards. Over the years, it continued to be a first-rate cavalry unit, chiefly for the personal and battlefield security of the Governor Generals.
In the year 1923, the then Viceroy of India, Lord Reading, first conferred the distinction, when the bodyguard had completed 150 years of honorable service. Each successive Viceroy thereafter, presented a Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the bodyguard. This practice turned into a traditional ceremony over time and has been continued by the successive serving Presidents of India. The title of PBG also came along after independence in the year 1950.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
The PBG, being the President of India's own troops, has the unique honor of being the only regiment in the Indian Army that is privileged to carry the President's Silver Trumpet and The Trumpet Banner. In a ceremonious presentation, the President of India bestows the distinguished trumpet and the trumpet banner to his bodyguard. The trumpet banner has the Ashoka Lions as well as the initials of the President of India.
The PBG was raised in the year 1773, in Benaras by then Governor General, Sir Warren Hastings, with strength of 50 handpicked troopers. They were known by different names as years passed, but for a major chunk of time they were known as the GGBG, that is the Governor General's Body Guards. Over the years, it continued to be a first-rate cavalry unit, chiefly for the personal and battlefield security of the Governor Generals.
In the year 1923, the then Viceroy of India, Lord Reading, first conferred the distinction, when the bodyguard had completed 150 years of honorable service. Each successive Viceroy thereafter, presented a Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the bodyguard. This practice turned into a traditional ceremony over time and has been continued by the successive serving Presidents of India. The title of PBG also came along after independence in the year 1950.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
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