New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar saluted the Indian Army on the occasion of Army Day. In a post on X, he wrote, "On #ArmyDay today, salute the courage and resolve of our soldiers. The nation stands in eternal gratitude to them and their families for their selfless service."

Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa's (later who became Field Marshal ) taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India, on 15 January 1949.

President Droupadi Murmu too extended warm greetings to the Indian Army on the occasion of Army Day, describing the day as a tri...