Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Shaurya Sthal, a war memorial dedicated to Uttarakhand’s martyred soldiers, at Cheer Bagh here on Saturday.
The defence minister, accompanied by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, laid a wreath at the war memorial to pay tribute to the brave soldiers of the state who died in the service of the nation.
Former Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay, who was instrumental in the project’s launch, Tehri MP Rajya Lakshmi Shah, and Cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi were also in attendance.The war memorial consists of seven pillars with the names of 1,400 Uttarakhand martyrs carved on them. Addressing the armed forces, veterans, and war widows on Veterans Day, Singh stated that the country’s borders are secure and that it can stand with pride today because of them.
