The Vajra Corps of Indian army today celebrated its 68th Raising Day by laying wreaths and paying homage to the martyrs.
Lt Gen B S Sahrawat, General Officer Commanding Vajra Corps paid homage at 'Vajra Shaurya Sthal' to the martyrs of Corps, a defence spokesman said here.
All ranks of the Vajra Corps participated in the event held at the Vajra headquarters at Jalandhar cantonment.
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After independence, Vajra Corps was the first Corps raised in India in 1950 by Lt Gen Kulwant Singh at Ambala.
The Vajra Corps Headquarter was relocated at Jalandhar in 1951 and it proved its mettle on the strategic Western Front in various wars, the spokesman said.
The Corps witnessed some of the fiercest battles in history during the 1965 war.
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