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JOINT INDEPENDENCE DAY
The two-day annual feature to commemorate Vijay Diwas will be
held at local Asafwala War Memorial on Monday and Tuesday. Tributes will be
paid to 207 soldiers of the Army who made the supreme sacrifice during the 1971
Indo-Pak war in Fazilka sector to save the strategically important border town
from falling into the hands of Pakistan.
The solem....
The two-day annual feature to commemorate Vijay Diwas will be
held at local Asafwala War Memorial on Monday and Tuesday. Tributes will be
paid to 207 soldiers of the Army who made the supreme sacrifice during the 1971
Indo-Pak war in Fazilka sector to save the strategically important border town
from falling into the hands of Pakistan.
The solemn programme will be organised by the Shaheedon Ki
Samadhi Committee, which has been looking after the Asafwala War Memorial since
1972, in association with the Army and the local administration
Notably, one of the
fierce man-to-man battles was fought in Fazilka sector and a total 206 valiant
fighters of the Army and other forces lost their lives and 364 were injured.
Residents raised the memorial to commemorate the martyrs whom they considered
as “Saviours of Fazilka”. After the ceasefire in December 1971, a collective
cremation of 82 jawans of 4 Jat Regiment of the Army was performed at the
memorial site by raising a 90-ft pyre. The ashes have been kept in the sanctum
sanctorum, where the public pay obeisance.
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Dance
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Organized By
BSF
BSF
SADQI Border, Fazilka
01638226137
dc[dot]fzk[at]punjab[dot]gov[dot]in
How to reach
The nearest airport is AMRITSAR,
which is 223 KMs away.
The nearest convenient railway station is Fazilka,
which is 16 KMs away.
The nearest major city is Fazilka,
which is 15KMs away.