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32)All-woman BSF bikers create historical past with Republic Day primicia; Twitterati beam with delight

India Republic Day -- To indicate Indias 69th Republic Morning a grand parade was held with Rajpath in New Delhi like every year after Perfect Minister Narendra Modi compensated homage to the nations martyrs by laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti. But this time around the on-lookers were in for a splendid wonder when a newly-formed Border Safety Forces Womens Motor Cycle staff Seema Bhawani made an incredible debut with their daredevil stunts at the parade. Led by Sub-Inspector Stanzin Noryang the actual squad performed breathtaking stunts for the audience including a salute to the President! Out of the fourth theres 16 stunts an d acrobatics fish riding side riding faulaad prachand baalay shaktiman fluff fighting sapt rishi seema prahari bharat ke mustaid prahari sarhad ke nigheban and flag march pyramid were the highlights. Together with 113 women the Seema Bhawani made a phenomenal access on 26 350cc Suprême Enfield motorcycles. While the visitors cheered for them and even offe...
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The Pentagon

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The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase The Pentagon is also often used as a metonym or synecdoche for the Department of Defense and its leadership. Located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the building was designed by American architect George Bergstrom and built by contractor John McShain. Ground was broken on 11 September 1941, and the building was dedicated on 15 January 1943. General Brehon Somervell provided the major motivating power behind the project; Colonel Leslie Groves was responsible for overseeing the project for the U.S. Army. The Pentagon is the world's largest office building, with about 6,500,000 square feet (150 acres; 0.60 km2) of floor space, of which 3,700,000 sq ft (85 acres; 0.34 km2) are used as offices. Some 23,000 military and civilian employees, and another 3,000 non-defense support personnel, work in the Pentagon. ...
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Layout and facilities

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The Pentagon building spans 28.7 acres (116,000 m2), and includes an additional 5.1 acres (21,000 m2) as a central courtyard. Starting with the north side and moving clockwise, its five façade entrances are the Mall Terrace, the River Terrace, the Concourse (or Metro Station), the South Parking, and the Heliport. On the north side of the building, the Mall Entrance, which also features a portico, leads out to a 600-foot-long (180 m) terrace that is used for ceremonies. The River Entrance, which features a portico projecting out twenty feet (6 m), is on the northeast side, overlooking the lagoon and facing Washington. A stepped terrace on the River Entrance leads down to the lagoon; and a landing dock was used until the late 1960s to ferry personnel between Bolling Air Force Base and the Pentagon. The main entrance for visitors is on the southeast side, as are the Pentagon Metro station and the bus station. There is also a concourse on the southeast side of the second floor of the build...
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History

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Background edit Before the Pentagon was built, the United States Department of War was headquartered in the Munitions Building, a temporary structure erected during World War I along Constitution Avenue on the National Mall. The War Department, which was a civilian agency created to administer the U.S. Army, was spread out in additional temporary buildings on the National Mall, as well as dozens of other buildings in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. In the late 1930s, a new War Department Building was constructed at 21st and C Streets in Foggy Bottom but, upon completion, the new building did not solve the department's space problem and ended up being used by the Department of State. When World War II broke out in Europe, the War Department rapidly expanded in anticipation that the United States would be drawn into the conflict. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson found the situation unacceptable, with the Munitions Building overcrowded and the department spread out. Stimson ...
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Incidents

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Protests edit The Pentagon became a focal point for protests against the Vietnam War during the late 1960s. A group of 2,500 women, organized by Women Strike for Peace, demonstrated outside of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's office at the Pentagon on 15 February 1967. In May 1967, a group of 20 demonstrators held a sit-in outside the Joint Chiefs of Staff's office, which lasted four days before they were arrested. In one of the better known incidents, on 21 October 1967, some 35,000 anti-war protesters organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, gathered for a demonstration at the Defense Department (the "March on the Pentagon"), where they were confronted by some 2,500 armed soldiers. During the protest, a famous picture was taken, where George Harris placed carnations into the soldiers' gun barrels. The march concluded with an attempt to "exorcise" the building. On 19 May 1972, the Weather Underground Organizat...
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Hall of Heroes

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On the building's main concourse is the Hall of Heroes, opened 1968 and dedicated to the more than 3,460 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration.note The three versions of the Medal of Honor – Army, Sea Service (for the Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard), and Air Force – are on display along with the names of recipients. The Hall is also used for promotions, retirements, and other ceremonies. Gallery edit View from northwest with construction underway, July 1942 Military police keep back Vietnam War protesters during their sit-in on 21 October 1967, at the mall entrance to the Pentagon Aftermath of 9-11 attacks 9/11 anniversary illumination, 2007 Southwesterly view (1998) with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in background Play media Security video of crash of Flight 77 (impact at 1:25).
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Notes

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