A two-day occasion to mark the twenty fourth Vijay Diwas will start right here on Tuesday, commemorating India’s triumph within the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan. Preparations are underway for the occasion on the War Memorial right here with last touches being added. The occasion will likely be graced by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Singh will arrive on Wednesday to pay homage to the jawans who laid down their lives for the nation. The households of the martyred troopers make it some extent to go to the memorial annually on the event. Many of them have already arrived right here for this yr’s occasion. The major occasion to mark the Vijay Diwas and commemorate the jawans’ martyrdom will start on Tuesday night with floral tributes on the memorial, the place many present and former prime Army officers will lay wreaths. That ceremony will likely be adopted by a memorial service and a go to to the ‘Hut of Remembrance’ — a museum constructed adjoining to the memorial.

The occasion can even embody the lighting of lamps and a prayer service, adopted by the standard pipe band and static band show and the Beating Retreat.

On Monday, many vacationers visited the War Memorial on the eve of the Vijay Diwas. ”We are visiting the memorial for the primary time. We have been wanting to come back right here and really feel very fortunate that we now have,” Amit Singh, a customer from Bhopal, advised PTI. He mentioned the go to was inspirational. ”Whenever we see any such issues associated to our Army — particularly this is likely one of the main areas the place we now have to place in a variety of effort, we now have a variety of martyrs as nicely — this provides us a variety of inspiration as Indians. We salute our bravehearts,” Singh, who arrived along with his household, mentioned.

Dependra, a customer from Madhya Pradesh, mentioned he obtained goosebumps when he entered the memorial. Having lived in London for some time, Deependra is in India on a trip.

”I missed coming right here two years again however made it some extent to come back this time. I advised myself that I will not miss (visiting) this place. There are many movies which have been made the place we get to see heroic acts however this expertise is past these films. We get goosebumps right here,” he mentioned. Deependra mentioned it’s a completely different feeling in comparison with watching it on TV. ”When you enter right here, it’s a completely completely different feeling. It is basically nice to see this. One ought to positively come right here to get this sense. One will not be capable of get this sense sitting on a sofa, seeing this programme… Everyone ought to come right here,” he mentioned.

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