TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A number of events has been planned by the Army in Delhi and Dras in Jammu and Kashmir next month to mark the 20th anniversary of the ”Kargil Vijay Diwas”, officials said Friday.
The anniversary celebrations for this year will be spread over three days from July 25-27. “However, as part of the build up to the main event, numerous activities have been planned to be organised all over the country from the first week of July,” an official said.
The celebrations in the national capital begins on July 14 with the illumination of a ”Victory Flame” from the National War Memorial here, which would traverse through 11 towns and cities to finally culminate at Dras where the flame will be merged with the eternal flame at the ”Kargil War Memorial”, he said.
The torch relay team will conduct educational and patriotic talks and will interact with the prominent personalities and students in various educational institutes, the Army said in a statement.
