Chennai :

Army’s Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area (ATNK and K Area) marked the 68th Infantry Day with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the Victory War Memorial here on Monday.

Lieutenant General Jagbir Singh, General Officer Commanding of the ATNK and K Area, led the ceremony by paying homage to soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the nation.

October 27 is observed as the Infantry Day by the Army as it was on this day in 1947 that a company of infantry of the first battalion of the Sikh Regiment was airlifted from Delhi to Srinagar to liberate Kashmir from the invading tribals who were supported by the Pakistan army.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai / by Ekatha Ann John , TNN / October 08th, 2014