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India Celebrates 76th Army Day and 8th Armed Forces Veterans’ Day
- 15 Jan 2024
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Army Day: Every year, 15th January is commemorated as “Army Day” to remember the occasion when Field Marshal KM Cariappa took over the command of the Indian Army from the last British Commander-in-Chief in 1949.
The Armed Forces Veterans’ Day: It is celebrated on 14th January every year as it was on this day in 1953 that the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army Field Marshal KM Cariappa, who led the forces to victory in the 1947 war, formally retired from the Service.
