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Beating Retreat 2020: The Place of Gandhi's Favourite Abide With Me Must Be Cemented in Beating Retreat Ceremony | OPINION
![File:A view of Beating Retreat, a grand finale of this year's Republic Day function, in New Delhi on January 29, 2004.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:A view of Beating Retreat, a grand finale of this year's Republic Day function, in New Delhi on January 29, 2004.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/A_view_of_Beating_Retreat%2C_a_grand_finale_of_this_year%27s_Republic_Day_function%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg)
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![Beating Retreat ceremony was held which marked the culmination of the Republic Day celebrations. The ceremony ended with Abide With Me, said to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite. Beating Retreat ceremony was held which marked the culmination of the Republic Day celebrations. The ceremony ended with Abide With Me, said to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite.](https://vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/media/2020/1/31/7/16/45/beating_retreat_ceremony.jpg)
Beating Retreat ceremony was held which marked the culmination of the Republic Day celebrations. The ceremony ended with Abide With Me, said to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite.
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