New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- More than three decades after 1,171 Indian soldiers were martyred and over 3,500 wounded during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka, the Indian Army on Tuesday paid its first-ever official tribute to the fallen, with Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi leading a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial.
The Army chief was accompanied by Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS). The VCOAS, as a young officer, had been a part of Operation Pawan.
Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also paid tributes to Major R Parameshwaran, the only Param Vir Chakra awardee from Operation Pawan.
"Remembering and paying tributes to Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran on his 'Balidan Diwas'. He s...