Swarnim Vijay Varsh: News

'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' reaches Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh

The Swarnim Vijay Mashaal (Victory Flame), which was lit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last year marking the beginning of the 50th anniversary celebrations of India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, has reached Tawang.

Swarnim Vijay Varsh: Veer Chakra recipient gets 'Vijay Mashaal'

A former officer of the Indian Army who fought the 1971 war against Pakistan as a Company Commander with 14 Grenadiers and was injured and captured by the adversary during a battle in Jammu and Kashmir was on Thursday honored with a symbolic torch for his valor in that war.