As the country celebrated Army Day on Sunday, Major General of GOC, 19 Infantry Division, Ajay Chandpuria laid a wreath at Dagger War Memorial, Baramulla and extended wishes to soldiers, veterans, ex-servicemen and their families on the occasion.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Anil Chauhan, and the three service chiefs -- Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar -- laid wreaths at the National War Memorial(NWM) on Saturday, on the occasion of Armed Forces Veterans Day.
Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers from the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
A wreath laying ceremony was organised at Dagger War Memorial on 8 December to commemorate the first death anniversary of the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, General Bipin Rawat
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, and Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar were among the officials who paid their homage on the occasion.
Rajnath Singh will co-chair the 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with the Minister of Armed Forces of the French Republic during his visit to India.
On the outskirts of the state capital city, Guwahati where the Battle of Alaboi was fought in the 17th century between the Ahom army and Mughals, a memorial with an estimated cost of Rs 150 crore will be set up. The main attraction of the memorial would be a 100-feet height Hengang (Ahom swo
Zojila day is celebrated to mark the heroic action by Indian troops in 'Operation Bison' in 1948 which was launched on the icy heights of Zojila pass, the gateway to Ladakh.
The expedition will be Flagged off from National War Memorial by VAdm Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of Personnel on October 30, 2022 and end on December 3, 2022 to coincide with Navy Day celebrations
Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on Indian soil on October 27, 1947, in the Kashmir valley.