India is guest of honor at France's Bastille Day parade
The annual Bastille Day military parade, celebrating France's national holiday, began Tuesday on the Champs Elysees in Paris with India as the guest of honor. With Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sitting in the reviewing stand next to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 400 Indian soldiers in ceremonial uniform marched at the head of the parade. According to the daily Le Figaro, Singh is the first foreign head of government to have been granted the status of "guest of honor" at France's Bastille Day celebrations, which commemorate the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.
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