CDS, Army Chief lay wreath at National War Memorial on 75th Infantry Day

New Delhi: On the occasion of 75th Infantry Day, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, along with Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in the national capital, on Wednesday. Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when […]

New Delhi: On the occasion of 75th Infantry Day, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, along with Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in the national capital, on Wednesday.

Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on Indian soil on October 27, 1947, in the Kashmir valley.

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The victory was accomplished by the personnel of the First Battalion of the Sikh Regiment.