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The Retreat ceremony (lowering of the flags ceremony) at Mahavir/Sadqi international parade ground in
Fazilka Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in ...
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Wagah border ceremony Wagah ( ur, ) or Wagha (Shahmukhi pnb, ) is a village and union council (UC 181) located in the Wahga Zone near Lahore City District, Pakistan. The town is famous for the Wagah border ceremony and also serves as a goods transit terminal an ...
and Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial, is a daily retreat ceremony ritual in which the security forces of
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) are performing daily joint ceremonial drill. It is alternatively a symbol of the two countries' rivalry, as well as brotherhood and cooperation.


Overview

It is on the former national highway no. 10 and about 14 km from the District’s headquarters, Fazilka.


See also

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Borders of India The Republic of India shares borders with several sovereign countries; it shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Bangladesh and Pakistan share both land borders as well as maritime borders, while Sri L ...
* Look-East Connectivity projects * Look East policy (India)


References

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