Shahpur (Kangra), Jan. 16 -- For the first time, the 78th Army Day was celebrated at the sub-division level in Shahpur with great enthusiasm and solemnity on Thursday.
Ex-servicemen from different parts of the Shahpur Assembly constituency, NCC cadets and the Home Guards band participated in the parade. The march-past by NCC cadets and veterans was a major attraction and filled the atmosphere with patriotism.
Shahpur MLA and Deputy Chief Whip Keval Singh Pathania attended the event as chief guest, and unfurled the Tricolour and took the salute at the parade.
He laid the foundation stone of the state's first sub-division level martyrs' memorial, to be constructed at a cost of about Rs 40 lakh.
Addressing the gathering, Pathania said Hima...