Tribune News Service,Dehradun, January 4

Maj Gen CB Gupta (retd), former colonel of Brigade of the Guards regiment, applauded the role played by officers and jawans in the post –Independence wars. He was addressing a gathering at a Raising Day celebrations of Brigade of the Guards here today.Maj Gen Gupta requested the gathering to continue their efforts to safeguard the international boundaries.He said officers and jawans from Brigade of the Guards had played a pivotal role in wars and counter insurgency operations. The regiment had also achieved distinction in many fields.The retired officers and jawans recalled the history of the regiment and sang the regiment song at the function. The gathering observed two-minutes’ silence to pay homage to those who had fallen in the line of duty.Retired personnel of the Regiment, including Subedar BS Rawat, Capt Puran Singh Chettri and Capt Jagdish, attended the ceremony.