Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University will celebrate the 75th Republic Day with vigor and gaiety. The week-long celebrations began with the Republic Day Half Marathon organized by the University Games Committee on January 22.

The marathon was conducted separately for boys and girls and students of Class XII and above participated in the event. Winners will be given prizes by the Vice Chancellor.

A poetic session will be organized by the Department of Urdu on the eve of the Republic Day at the University Polytechnic Auditorium at 6:30 PM. Professor Mohammad Gulrez will preside over it and several prominent poets will recite their compositions.

Before the flag hoisting on January 26, Prabhat Pheri by secondary school boys will be conducted on the University campus, while a similar Prabhat Pheri by girl students will take place within the Abdullah Hall premises.

The flag hoisting ceremony and a customary parade by NCC cadets will be held at the Strachey Hall at 9:30 AM. The National Flag will also be unfurled at the Administrative Block Building, Vice Chancellor's Lodge, Maulana Azad Library, Faculty of Arts, AMU schools and colleges, all offices of the Deans and DSW, all Provost Offices and the Proctor's Office. The Administrative Block Building, MA Library, Victoria Gate, University Polytechnic Auditorium, Baab-e-Syed, and Arts Faculty Building will also be illuminated on this occasion.

The Vice-Chancellor will visit the University Health Service to meet the indoor patients and to distribute fruits and saplings that will be planted on the campus.

Meanwhile, literary competitions such as Inter-school debates and Essays in English, Hindi, and Urdu languages, painting, and Bait Bazi competitions will take place in various AMU schools and departments. Games and sports activities will also be organized.