Meghalaya won third prize for its tableau on ‘Meghalaya’s 50 years of Statehood and its tribute to women-led cooperative societies and self-help groups’ from amongst the 12 states and Union Territories which participated in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26.
This was announced by the Union Ministry of Defence today.
The Meghalaya tableau was the initiative of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations.
Uttar Pradesh’s tableau was declared the best for its theme ‘One District One Product and Kashi Vishwanath Dham’. Second place went to Karnataka for its tableau based on ‘Cradle of Traditional Handicrafts’.
The Union Ministry of Education and Union Ministry of Civil Aviation were declared joint winners among Ministries and the Department of Posts took the first place in online voting.
In addition, for the first time, the general public was invited to vote for the best marching contingents and best tableaux in the popular choice category through the MyGov platform. The online poll was conducted between January 25-31, 2022. Maharashtra was voted as the best tableau among the States/UTs in the popular choice category. The tableau of Maharashtra was based on the theme ‘Biodiversity and State Bio-symbols of Maharashtra’.
