Bastille Day Parade

What is France's Bastille Day parade?

• July 14 is marked as France’s National Day.
• One of the revolutionary days in Paris and now a national holiday, the July 14 ("Bastille Day") is celebrated with a mixture of solemn military parades and easygoing dancing and fireworks.
• The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has been commemorated in France for more than a century.
• Every Bastille Day, Paris’ famous avenue des Champs-Elysées hosts a military parade - similar to India's Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path.
• French heads of state have been the Republic Day guests of honour five times since 1951.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the 2nd Indian PM to be the guest of honour at Bastille Day, after Manmohan Singh in 2009.