National School Band Competition 6.0: Jharkhand's KGBV Patamda girls win pipe band title
PM SHRI KGBV Patamda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand won the girls' pipe band first prize at the National School Band Competition 6.0, whose prizes were given in New Delhi on 25 January 2025.
Summary
PM SHRI Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Patamda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand won first prize in the Pipe Band – Girls category of the National School Band Competition 6.0, with prizes given away by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth in New Delhi on 25 January 2025. Other first prizes went to Govt. Sr. Sec. School West Point, Gangtok, Sikkim (Brass Band – Girls), Prince Lotus Valley, Sikar, Rajasthan (Brass Band – Boys) and City Montessori School, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Pipe Band – Boys). For the first time, three government school bands – from Jharkhand, Sikkim and Karnataka – were set to perform at the Republic Day Parade.
Key facts
- Prizes given
- 25 January 2025, New Delhi, by MoS Defence Sanjay Seth
- Pipe Band – Girls
- PM SHRI KGBV Patamda, Jharkhand
- Brass Band – Girls
- Govt. West Point Sr. Sec. School, Gangtok, Sikkim
- Brass Band – Boys
- Prince Lotus Valley, Sikar, Rajasthan
- Pipe Band – Boys
- City Montessori School, Lucknow, UP
- First prize
- ₹21,000
- First
- Three government school bands at Republic Day Parade (Jharkhand, Sikkim, Karnataka)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Which school won first prize in the Pipe Band – Girls category of the National School Band Competition 6.0?
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Correct answer: B — PM SHRI KGBV Patamda, Jharkhand
PIB 2096287: PM SHRI KGBV Patamda, Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand won first prize; Bhonsala Military School Girls, Nashik came second.
For the first time, three government school bands were set to perform at the Republic Day Parade 2025. Which states were they from?
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Correct answer: A — Jharkhand, Sikkim and Karnataka
PIB 2096083: school bands from Jharkhand (KGBV Patamda), Sikkim (West Point, Gangtok) and Karnataka (KV No. 2 Belagavi Cantt.) were to perform.