Chiefs of defence forces observe 63rd Army Day

The Indian army observed its 63rd Army Day by paying homage to martyrs at the Amar Jawan Jyoti war memorial in national capital New Delhi on Saturday. Chiefs of the three wings of the armed forces; Chief of Army Staff General V. K. Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma and Chief of the Air Staff, and Air Chief Marshal P. V. Naik, offered floral tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti. Army Day is observed every year on January 15 commemorating Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa taking over as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British commander, in 1949.