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’Kargil Diwas’ to be marked on July 26

’Kargil Diwas’ to be marked on July 26


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 23, 2016:  Dakshina Kannada District Ex-Servicemen’s Association, in collaboration with Lions Club International District 317 D and Centre for Integrated Learning, will organise a programme to commemorate Kargil Diwas on July 26, Tuesday.

Addressing media, association president Vikram Datta said floral tributes will be paid to the soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the country and candles will be lit in their memory. An interactive session of schools students and ex-servicemen will be held at Lions Seva Mandira, Mallikatte, from 9 am to 2 pm.

The programme will include a quiz competition, audio video display of war scenes, felicitation to four veteran soldiers patriotic songs and dances, he added.   He said the association has been paying tributes to the brave soldiers every year and encourages public participation in nation building. Ex servicemen have also been organising interaction with students to inculcate the value of patriotism, discipline and sancrifices in them, he stated.

Candle light procession

Rashtrabhakta Nagarika Vedike, Surathkal, will organise will Kargil Vijayotsav by holding a candlelight procession from Idya Sri Mahalingeshwara temple at 6.30 pm on January 26.  In a press meet, Vedike president Satyajith Surathkal said three families of ex -servicemen will be given Rs 25,000 each on the occasion. The Vedike has also organised essay and elocution competitions for college students, he added.


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