By A Staff Reporter : Seat booking is required to witness the Retreat Ceremony. A website has been launched for this. The website was launched by the Director General of Border Security Force on December 4 at a joint function of security forces and Pakistan Rangers soldiers at JCP Attari in Amritsar.It is to be noted that more than 20,000 visitors gather every day to watch the parade at JCP Attari Border./)
The website address for seat booking is www.attari.bsf.gov.in developed by Kynet Web Solutions (MANDI) and experts from National Informatics Center (NIC) led by Ashok Kumar Aggarwal, HOD (MHA), scientists. This website has been specially launched for online free seat booking for attending Retreat Ceremony at JCP Attari in Amritsar.Seat booking will start from 01 January 2023. Seat booking will be done 48 hours before the event. QR code and OTP are available for quickidentification.
The Retreat Ceremony is a traditional practice, which is performed when the fighting troops conclude their battle, sheathe their weapons and retreat from the battlefield after sunset. Before 1947, Amritsar and Lahore were the two prominent cities of the erstwhile undivided Punjab, but after partition, Joint Check Post (JCP) was established near International Border pillar number 102 at Attari Village on GT Road. The Retreat ceremony started in 1959 after both Indian and Pakistan government agreed for the same. During mid - 1950s, JCP was taken over by Punjab Police. BSF continued this legacy of Retreat ceremony from 01st December 1965 onwards.
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