The 77th Infantry Day was celebrated at the Madras Regimental Centre to honour the sacrifice of infantry soldiers from the Indian army who fought Pakistan-backed militias in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
Lieutenant General Virendra Vats, Commandant of the Defence Service Staff College, along with Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu, Aide-de-Camp (Retired) the senior most infantry veteran in station laid wreath at the Madras Regimental War Memorial at Wellington, Coonoor in memory of all fallen soldiers of the Infantry, a press release said.
In the press release, the MRC said that October 27th was celebrated as Infantry Day by the Indian army as it was on this day in 1947 that the Infantry Company of the First Battalion of the Sikh Regiment was airlifted from Delhi to Srinagar to “liberate Kashmir from the invading tribes supported by Pakistan Army. This action was ordered after Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession, acceding Jammu and Kashmir to India.
