Wreath laying ceremony held to commemorate ‘Vijay Diwas’ in Jammu

JAMMU, 16 December 2023: To commemorate Vijay Diwas 2023, the Tiger Division of the Indian Army organised a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at Balidan Stambh War Memorial, Jammu.

On 16 December 1971, Lt Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, the chief martial law administrator of East Pakistan and the commander of the Pakistan Army located in then East Pakistan, signed the instrument of surrender.

Maj Gen Gaurav Gautam, General Officer Commanding Tiger Division laid a wreath at the ‘Eternal Flame’ of the Balidan Stambh war memorial to pay rich tributes to the fallen heroes who made supreme sacrifice for the nation.

Balidan Stambh (Tower of Sacrifice) was built in the year 2009 to commemorate the sacrifice of war heroes who gave their lives while serving the motherland on soils of Jammu and Kashmir in various Battles and counter-insurgency operations since Independence.