INDIAN ARMY COMMEMORATES INFANTRY DAY - 79TH SHAURYA DIWAS

Key Points

1. Infantry Day, also known as Shaurya Diwas, is commemorated on 27 October.
2. In 1947, on this day, Infantrymen of the Indian Army were the first to land at Srinagar airport.
3. General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial.
4. Three war veterans, Major Ashish Sonal, Subedar Major & Honorary Captain Kunwar Singh, and Lance Naik Amrit, laid wreaths.
5. Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial Seminar was held at Lucknow.
6. An Infantry Magazine was released highlighting the Infantry’s capability development.