Shimla, Jan. 16 -- To commemorate the 78th Army Day, the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) organised a "Know Your Army Mela" at The Ridge, Shimla. The mela was inaugurated by Brigadier Harjeet Singh, a 91-year-old veteran from Shimla, in the presence of Lieutenant General Sukriti Singh Dahiya, Chief of Staff, HQ ARTRAC.

Military personnel and their families, NCC cadets, and school children from local schools were also present on the occasion. Army Day marks the historic event when General (later Field Marshal) K M Cariappa assumed command of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief, in 1949, becoming the first Indian Commander-in-Chief after Independence.

The mela witnessed participation from loc...