The 120 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army), Bhubaneswar celebrated the 73rd Infantry Day here on Sunday to commemorate the sacrifices of the infantry in countering the Pakistani raiders in Jammu & Kashmir in 1947.
Former Lt General JK Mohanty on behalf of all officers and Jawans paid tributes to the martyrs. On the occasion, more than 150 former officers also paid tributes to the martyred Jawans.
Mohanty urged the former officers to use their experiences in the Army for the development of the society.
The Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on India on October 27, 1947 in Kashmir Valley.