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A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannons or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or in exceptional circumstances for heads of government, with the number decreasing with the rank of the recipient of ...
The prime minister, heads of foreign missions, foreign heads of government, and the Vice President of the United States are entitled to a 19-gun salute. [5]A 17-gun salute is given to the Canadian Minister of National Defence when visiting a saluting station (limited to once a year), as well as foreign ministers of defence.
India's top general, Bipin Rawat, was cremated in New Delhi on Friday with full military honours, including a 17-gun salute, two days after he and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in southern ...
As a salute state, its ruler, styled the Nawab of Tonk, was granted a 17-gun salute. The state came to an end after the partition of India when the Nawab of Tonk acceded to India. [1] At that time, it was the only princely state of Rajputana with a Muslim ruling dynasty. [2]
For funerals of general officers and flag officers of O-10 (four-star rank), a 17-gun salute is fired; O-9 (three-star rank), a 15-gun salute is fired; O-8 (two-star rank), a 13-gun salute is fired; O-7 (one-star rank), an 11-gun salute is fired. A military band and an escort platoon participate (size varies according to the rank of the deceased).
Salutes were fired from stations at home and abroad to mark the proclamation of King Charles III on Saturday.
A 21-gun salute differs from the three-volley salute typically seen at military funerals. That practice stems from a 17th-century European cease-fire tradition. After both sides of a battle had ...
Rulers of states that are presently part of what is now Pakistan are included in this article. The order moves from the most prestigious states (21-guns) to least prestigious (9-guns). Note that this list does not include knighthoods awarded by the various Royal Houses in India, which are described in the articles of the individual princely ...