Jammu: The Indian armed forces paid tributes to the fallen heroes of the 1971 war on the occasion of Vijay Diwas here on Saturday.
Major General Gaurav Gautam, General Officer Commanding (GoC) Tiger division, laid a wreath at the ‘Eternal Flame’ in the Balidhan Stambh war memorial here to commemorate Vijay Diwas.
The Balidan Stambh (tower of sacrifice) was built in 2009 to commemorate the war heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country on the soils of Jammu and Kashmir in various battles and counter-insurgency operations since Independence.
