Border Forces Launch Week-long Events to Celebrate Kargil Vijay Diwas

To mark 'Kargil Vijay Diwas', border guarding forces like the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Security Force (BSF) Saturday launched a special series of programmes that will showcase the tales of bravery of soldiers as well as police and paramilitary personnel.

The Union Home Ministry, which controls these forces including the SSB and the Assam Rifles, has directed that the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the victory in Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir will be undertaken for a week, all along the formations of these forces.

These forces will hold cultural events, honour family members of those army troops who were killed during the war code-named 'Operation Vijay', organise blood donation and health checkup camps, hold motivational lectures and conduct educational tour of the Kargil area for school children, a senior official said.

These events will continue till July 27, he said.

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