COMMEMORATING WAR HEROES 500 ex-servicemen, including officers, JCOs, other rank officials, serving soldiers and their families attend the event
From page 01 LUDHIANA : To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, a function was organised by the District Defence Services Welfare Office under the aegis of the district administration and the local army authorities at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum here on Friday.
GURMINDER SINGH/HT■ Brigadier Manish Arora paying floral tributes to martyrs on the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Memorial in Ludhiana on Friday.
Rich tributes were paid to the soldiers, who sacrificed their lives for the country, and their families were honoured at the function.
As many as 500 ex-servicemen, including retired officers, junior commissioned officers, other rank officials, serving soldiers and their families attended the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Brigadier Manish Arora said, “Every possible help will be provided to the families, who lost their loved ones during the Kargil war. The sacrifices of the soldiers will never be forgotten. I salute the brave hearts, who laid down their lives for the nation.”
As many as 35 families of Kargil martyrs and disabled soldiers, hailing from 14 districts, including Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar Sahib, Patiala, Rupnagar, SAS Nagar and Sangrur of Punjab, were honoured during the function.
Tributes were paid to all soldiers of Punjab of different regiments, who sacrificed their lives in the war. A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the war memorial in the museum.
Documentaries on the Kargil Operation were shown during the function.
A wreath was laid at the war memorial to pay tributes to the 35 martyrs.
July 26 is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas every year to mark the country’s triumph over Pakistan in Operation Vijay (Kargil War).