A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannon or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or in exceptional...
A gun salute or cannon salute is the use of a piece of artillery to fire shots, often 21 in number for higher ranks (21-gun salute), with the aim of marking an honor or celebrating a joyful event. It is a tradition in many countries around the world.
A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also on...
A salute is usually a formal hand gesture or other action used to display respect in military situations. Salutes are primarily associated with the military and law enforcement, but many civilian organizations, such as Girl Guides, Boy Scouts and...
A princely state (also called native state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British Indian government, but rather by an indigenous ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a...
Before the Republic of India was established on 26 January 1950, all Indian subjects of the princely states and Indian rulers were entitled to substantive knighthoods (the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire). The...
The three-volley salute is a ceremonial act performed at military funerals and sometimes also police funerals, and consists of the firing of three shots at the graveside. According to the U.S. military, the custom likely originates with Roman...
On December 29, 2024, Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, the 76th governor of Georgia, and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his post-presidential work, died of natural causes at his home in Plains, Georgia, after...
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch. She was immediately...
The Presidential Salute Battery (Guns Platoon), an element of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, comprises soldiers qualified as MOS 11C (Mortarman). This battery primarily handles firing ceremonial gun-salute honors at general officer...
