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- President Droupadi Murmu presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard.
- The President’s Bodyguard (PBG) is the oldest regiment in the Indian Army, having been raised as the Governor-General’s Bodyguard in 1773.
- The regiment was raised in Banaras (Varanasi) by the then Governor-General, Warren Hastings.
- On January 27, 1950, the regiment was renamed the President’s Bodyguard.
- This distinction was conferred on the President’s Bodyguard in 1923 by the then Viceroy, Lord Reading, on the occasion of the Bodyguard completing 150 years of service.
- Each succeeding Viceroy, thereafter, presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the Bodyguard.
- Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard on May 14, 1957.
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