New Delhi: The 20th-anniversary celebration of Kargil Vijay Diwas started off with Kargil Vijay Run. The event was flagged off on Sunday by Lieutenant-General Ashwani Kumar from Vijay Chowk. The run concluded at India Gate.
Around 6500 people participated in the event organised by the Indian Army including soldiers and officers of Armed Forces, personnel of Central armed police forces and civilians.
According to Director of National War memorial Colonel Digvijay Singh Basera, this event is to commemorate the sacrifices made by our brave soldiers and to remind the nation to have faith in the armed forces as they have always stood and never been defeated.
"This run is also being conducted to convey our enemies that anybody who tries to interfere with the integrity and sovereignty of our nation will face the consequences what we showed them in Kargil," he added.
July 26 is celebrated annually in India as Kargil Vijay Diwas. The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days which ended on 26 July after regaining all the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistani intruders.
The theme of this year’s 20th anniversary of Kargil War is ‘Remember, Rejoice and Renew’, according to a press release by the Ministry of Defence. “We ‘remember’ our martyrs, by revisiting the sacrifices and instilling pride and respect among us, we ‘rejoice’ by celebrating the victory in Kargil and we ‘renew’ our resolve to safeguard the honour of the Tricolour,” the press release added.
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