NEW DELHI: A band comprising 45 girls from the North East is participating in the National Cadet Corps (NCC)
Republic Day
Camp 2024 for the first time. The girls are in the age group of 13-15, representing the cultural heritage of the Northeast and showcasing the reach of the
NCC
to every nook and corner of the country.
An officer managing the band comprises students from two northeast schools — one from Kohima and another from Guwahati.
Kohima cadets belong to the 1 Nagaland Girls Bn NCC while Guwahati cadets are from the 1 Assam Bn NCC.
One of the girl cadets from the NE band said, “It is like a dream come true. We have worked very hard for this. Earlier, our parents were very worried as we were going out of the Northeast for the first time. But with time, everything was managed. As it is very cold in Delhi, we are taking all precautions.”
The band after weeks of dedicated training has been performing a repertoire of tunes, including patriotic classics like 'Hum Honge Kamaya', 'Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja', ‘Taqat Watan’, ‘
Vijay Bharat
’, ‘
Saare Jahan
Se Achaa’, ‘Aye Watan Aye Watan’ and ‘Jai Ho’ at various events organised during the month-long NCC camp, which was formally inaugurated by Vice-President
Jagdeep Dhankhar
on January 5.
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