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Celebrating their 100 years as the Dare Devils,the Army Corps Signals probably got the biggest applause along the eight-kilometer stretch of the parade route. The repeated requests by the securitymen to the spectators fell on deaf ears as the audience,some of whom climbed on to their chairs,tried hard to get a good look of the heroes of the parade.
The more than ten-minute performance kept the audience spellbound with back riding,border man salute,human pyramid and ladder balancing. The men in white and blue are part of the Army motorcycle team and have put up spectacular performances over the years.
Led by Captain Ankur Diwan,the 35-member team from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh,had been practicing the stunts for more than 10 hours every day.
These stunts require a lot of effort and enthusiasm, said 27-year-old Gamit Paresh,whom his friends call the hero.
Paresh joined the Army on March 16,2005,and became a part of the Dare Devils a year later. The recruitment process is tough, he said. Everything has to be perfect. Paresh experiments with the act on a daily basis.
The Dare Devils,since its inception,has achieved ten world records including a place in the Guinness Book of World Records and the Limca book of records, said Paresh.
Santosh Pawar,another team member said,We have had more than 1,200 displays across the world. We have performed nine times for the Republic Day,and hope for many more.
There was this one time when our leader,Captain Jatender Siwas,rode a motorcycle on a 15-foot ladder for nine hours. It takes a lot of training, said Pawar.
And quite rightly so. Eighty-one men on nine motorcycles,140 on 11 and 201 on 10 have proven the rigour and practice put in by these valiant men.
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