Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a message on X saluting the infantry’s bravery, sacrifice and service.
- Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi laid a wreath at the Amar Chakra of the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
- Senior commanders of the 19th Infantry Division led a wreath-laying at Baramulla’s Sikh War Memorial to remember the 1 Sikh landing in 1947.
- The Army hosted 2.4 km and 4 km runs in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mechuka with soldiers and local residents participating, and winners and special achievers were felicitated.
- Nationwide activities featured a Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial Seminar in Lucknow, a Shauryaveer Run and Veer Naris felicitation in Delhi Cantonment, and the release of an Infantry Magazine.