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India parade honours Mumbai dead

Source: BBC

India has been celebrating its 60th Republic Day with the traditional Delhi parade and honours for six security officers killed in the Mumbai attacks.

Families of the officers received the awards - India's highest peacetime medals - from President Pratibha Patil.

About 20,000 security personnel were deployed around Delhi and the parade passed off peacefully.

The event took place without the presence of PM Manmohan Singh, who is recovering from heart surgery.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7851097.stm

Congrats to India on its 60th anniversary of freedom from colonialism.

And best wishes to PM Singh, as he recovers from bypass surgery!

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