Our Correspondent

Abohar, December 16

To mark Vijay Diwas, the Army today paid tributes to 1965 Indo-Pak war hero Major Surinder Prasad by organising a wreath-laying ceremony here.

Brigadier Akash Johar, Station Commander, Military Station, Abohar, was the chief guest at the function organised at the Major Surinder Prasad Memorial that was renovated recently with the help of NGOs.

The martyr’s sister Nirmala Devi, commanding officers of different regiments, SDM Poonam Singh, DSP Rahul Bhardwaj, BSNL divisional engineer Anil Vij, and heads of many NGOs also laid wreaths at the memorial.

Aarti Sharma, wife of Sergeant Sharat Chander Sharma, who was among the first to land at Dhaka Airport after the Army’s win in 1971, and some ex servicemen also paid floral tributes at the memorial.

An Army contingent reversed arms, sounded bugle as hundreds of soldiers and civilians observed silence while offering the salute.

Major Prasad was born on November 5, 1938, here. An alumnus of Municipal Board High School (now known as Government Senior Secondary Model School for Boys), he did his post-graduation from DAV College, Jalandhar. He was commissioned into the 19 Maratha Light Infantry on December 17, 1961.

Major Prasad was martyred while fighting for the country on September 23, 1965.