Army's Raising Day celebrated

  • | Monday | 23rd April, 2018

SHILLONG: The 55th Raising Day of the Headquarters 101 Area of the army was celebrated at Upper Shillong here on Sunday. "The Headquarters 101 Area was raised in 1963 as a communication zone in 1966, when Mizoram was gripped with insurgency. The formation was tasked to conduct counter-insurgency operations in Mizoram," an Army spokesperson said, adding that the formation did a "commendable job of winning the hearts and minds of the local populace".During the 1971 war, the Headquarters 101 Area played an active role in combat operations in Sylhet and Mymensingh districts of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and was the first to reach Dacca.Lieutenant general Depinder Singh Ahuja general officer commanding, 101 Area, laid a wreath at the war memorial in the city to commemorate the martyrs and addressed all ranks of armymen in a special Sainik Sammelan on Sunday.On April 18, Major General PK Saini had taken over as the Chief of Staff of the Headquarters 101 Area.

SHILLONG: The 55th Raising Day of the Headquarters 101 Area of the army was celebrated at Upper Shillong here on Sunday."The Headquarters 101 Area was raised in 1963 as a communication zone in 1966, when Mizoram was gripped with insurgency. The formation was tasked to conduct counter-insurgency operations in Mizoram," an Army spokesperson said, adding that the formation did a "commendable job of winning the hearts and minds of the local populace".During the 1971 war, the Headquarters 101 Area played an active role in combat operations in Sylhet and Mymensingh districts of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and was the first to reach Dacca.Lieutenant general Depinder Singh Ahuja general officer commanding, 101 Area, laid a wreath at the war memorial in the city to commemorate the martyrs and addressed all ranks of armymen in a special Sainik Sammelan on Sunday.On April 18, Major General PK Saini had taken over as the Chief of Staff of the Headquarters 101 Area.

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