Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 28: BJP State president & MLA Sat Sharma (C.A), district president Ayodhya Gupta and other party activists visited Brigadier Rajinder Singh Park, Canal Head to garland the Stambh of the brave soldier and pay tributes to him. They cleaned the stambh of Brigadier Rajinder Singh, lit 70 earthen lamps and observed silence for the peace of the departed soul of the brave son of motherland.
Sat Sharma said, on this date, as a mark of honour, respect and pride for his gallantry and supreme sacrifice during the 1947 Pakistan – abetted tribal invasion of J&K, late Brigadier Rajinder Singh was posthumously awarded the first post-independence Maha Vir Chakra. He also said Jammu is a land of brave Dogras who valiantly fought against the enemy and felt pride in serving the nation.
Ayodhya Gupta , in his tributes said that late Brig Rajinder Singh of the erstwhile J&K State Forces, with little man power at his disposal at the time of Tribal raid in Kashmir, fought valiantly to stop further advancement of Pakistani tribesmen and regular army beyond Baramulla towards Srinagar City and attained Martyrdom on 27th October 1947. This way he changed the course of History of Jammu and Kashmir.
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