Our Correspondent,Abohar, December 17

A befitting tribute was paid to the martyrs of the 1971 Indo-Pak war at a function organised today by the All-India Ex-Servicemen Seva Parishad and Sanskar Bharti at Ramlila Ground in Sriganganagar, 40 km from here.Chief guest Colonel Anshuman Tripathi, Commanding officer, 21 Rajput Regiment, led all ranks in laying wreaths at the Amar Jawan Jyoti.Others who laid wreaths were Sukhwant Dhillon and Manjit Chimni, former commandants, Border Security Force, Subedar GS Dhaliwal, president, Ex-Servicemen Welfare Council, Tarsem Gupta, president, Beopar Mandal. Col Tripathi exhorted the youths to join the NCC and the Army. Megh Raj Jindal, trust chairperson Bimla Jindal, and legislator Kamini Jindal felicitated 33 Vir Naris.