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Noida (22/12/2023): Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa, PVSM, AVSM, VSM; Adjutant General, Indian Army, paid homage to 41 martyrs of Gautam Budh Nagar, during celebrations of Vijay Divas by Shaheed Smarak Sanstha. It was followed by Lt Gen Bhavnish Kumar, VSM, GOC Delhi Area, Rear Admiral I S Grewal, Assistance Chief of Material and AVM Manoj Kumar Mehra, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, representing Indian Navy and Indian Airforce respectively.
Thereafter, next of kins of 27 gallant martyrs of Gautam Budh Nagar, Brig Vivek Sohal, SM(G) (Retired), Lt General GL Bakshi, PVSM (Retired), Chairman of Shaheed Smarak Sanstha, Manish Misra Add DCP, Brigadier Ashok Hak, Chairman AVRWA, Colonel Prashant Gupta, President, AVCC, Colonel JP Singh, President, AVI, Colonel Vishnu Lalchandani, Chairman, JVSAS and CPO NC Sharma, Vice President of JVCC, (all retired); Indrani Neogi, Preeti Sirohi and Sanjeev Philip, Principals of Army Public School, Cambridge and Khaitan School respectively; and their students; and common citizens laid the wreath.
The Chairman and Lt General SK Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, Executive Director along with members of the Executive Committee received the chief guest. The ceremonial tri service guard and buglers led by Hawaladar Harwinder Singh carried out the procedure with military precision.
Numbness in the eyes of families of martyrs who graced the occasion was clearly visible when the heroic story of their beloved was recalled and when one of each martyr’s family member was laying a wreath. The spectators highly appreciated the colourful wreath laying ceremony.
The choir of Students of Army Public School led by Nagar, gave a scintillating performance, which was applauded by everyone.
Welcoming the chief guest, representative from service Headquarters and distinguished gathering, he informed that the Smarak is due to the support of service headquarters, Noida authorities, Local police, Arun Vihar and Jalvayu Vihar institutions and Army Public School.
After releasing ‘Glimpses of Events’ 2022-23, the chief guest appreciated the high standard of the function and complimented the dedicated team of Sanstha. He assured the families of gallant martyrs that their loved ones will never be forgotten for their sacrifices made for our nation.
Rekha Mehra interacted with next of kins of martyrs.
During interaction with the gathering, the military band led by Nb Sub Laxaman Singh played beautiful and inspiring marshal tunes. It was applauded by one and all. The running commentary was given by Suniti and Sanjay Kharbanda.
Speaking to the media, Commander Narinder Mahajan, (Retired) Director PR & Media, informed that the Annual Day function will be celebrated in mid-February 2024 and the prestigious souvenir of Smarak, 2024 will be released by the Chief of Air Staff.
