India, Jan. 30 -- After months of sustained pressure from residents and activists, the statue and Patton tank memorial of 1965 war hero and Maha Vir Chakra awardee, martyr Major Bhupinder Singh, will soon be restored to its original location at Bharat Nagar Chowk, ending a long-running controversy over the erasure of the city's military legacy from one of its most prominent intersections.

The decision follows the completion of all mandatory approvals and a renewed push to accord due prominence to war memorials in public spaces.

Mayor Inderjeet Kaur, accompanied by the zonal commissioner, superintending engineer (B&R) and army representative Colonel Harish Kumar, visited the site on Thursday to review preparations. The mayor said permiss...