Murmu honours President’s Bodyguard on regiment’s Diamond Jubilee event

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Diamond Jubilee Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, Saptember,30, 2025. This honour is in recognition of 75 years of glorious service since the regiment's designation as the PBG in 1950.The new trumpet banner has six adjectives to describe the elite force, selected by the President herself, such as ‘ajay’, ‘amar’, ‘balidaan’, ‘ashwa-yodha’, and ‘balwaan’.  Before the trumpet and the banner were presented to Colonel Amit Berwal, the regiment’s commandant who came riding Shatrujit, a short “consecration ceremony” was held at the hands of two of PBG men — Balwinder Singh and Rajkumar Tripathi — reciting multi-faith prayers. The elite PBG has served all 15 Presidents so far since Independence. The regiment traces its history to over 250 years to Benaras when Raja Chet Singh sent 50 horses and 50 troops to then Governor Warren Hastings. In 1950, after India became a Republic, the regiment was given its current name.First President of India Rajendra Prasad presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard on May 14, 1957.