Indian Military Heritage Festival and Project Shaurya Gatha

• 15 Nov 2024

Source: PIB 

Recently, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan inaugurated the 2nd Indian Military Heritage Festival (IMHF) in New Delhi. The event also launched Project Shaurya Gatha, focusing on conserving and promoting India's military heritage. 

• IMHF aims to enhance awareness of India's military history, strategic culture, and self-reliance in defence. 
  • Participants include think tanks, public/private sector entities, non-profits, academicians, research scholars, National Cadet Corps (NCC), and youth organisations focusing on India’s national security, foreign policy, military history, and heritage. 
• Project Shaurya Gatha, in partnership with the Department of Military Affairs and the United Service Institution (USI) of India, seeks to preserve and promote military heritage through education and tourism initiatives. 
  • USI is a national security and defense services think tank based in New Delhi, India. 
• CDS: Its creation was recommended in 2001 by a Group of Ministers (GoM) that was tasked with studying the Kargil Review Committee (1999) report. 
  • General Bipin Rawat was the first CDS in the country and was appointed in 2019. 

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