An Army Band show at the Indira Gandhi Park here on Thursday by the Pipe Bands of the Panjab Regimental Centre, Ramgarhin, Jharkhand and the 120 Battalion Bhubaneswar inspired hundreds of youths and general public on careers in Indian Army.
The unique show was organised by the Indian Army ahead of the 72nd Independence Day. The event started at 4 pm and continued into the evening.
Apart from the military tunes, the bands also played patriotic numbers like “Aye mere watan be logon” and many more evergreen songs.
The Army Recruitment Centre (ARO), Cuttack also created awareness on joining the Indian Army and its officials spoke to youths and distributed promotional materials explaining the careers in the Indian Army and the various facilities rolled out for entrants.
Among others, Commanding Officer of 120 Battalion Col Jacob Freeman, Station Commander Col C Sashi, Second-in-Command lt Col JS Bhaduria, Adjutant lt Col Narendra Singh, Quarter Master Major BhanuPratap Singh, Regimental Medical Officer Captain BBK Mohanty, Major Naresh Babu from ARO Cuttack, Subedar Major Ajay Kumar and Subedar BN Samal were present.