Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: 70th Raising Day of Western Command, the frontline operational command of the Army was celebrated today.
The Command was raised in 1947 as Delhi and East Punjab Command at Delhi and was re-designated as ‘Western Command’ in January 1948.
The genesis of Western Command was forged on the anvil of one of the most challenging trans-border migration of human population. In 1954, the Headquarters of the Command moved to Shimla.
After the Indo-Pak conflict of 1971, Northern Command was carved out of Western Command to assume operational responsibility of Jammu and Kashmir. Finally, in 1985 Headquarters Western Command moved to its present location at Chandimandir (Chd).
Western Command has a glorious history of having participated in all the major conflict both on our Western and Northern frontiers and has carved a niche for itself – replete with saga of bravery, grit and determination. With “Ever Westwards” being its clarion call, the Western Army was instrumental in blunting the Pakistani aggression in 1947, 1965 and 1971.
Western Army has also time and again, provided succor to the civilian population. Be it during natural calamities, undertaking counter terrorist operations or participating in nation building activities, troops of the Western Command have always been in the fore front in providing aid to civil authorities. This Command will continue to maintain the highest standards of training, administration and motivation and is ever ready for its assigned role in the varied contours of National security.
To commemorate the occasion, Lt Gen Surinder Singh, Army Commander, Western Command laid a wreath at the `Veer Smriti’, Chandimandir to pay homage to the martyrs of the Command.
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