{"id":318919,"date":"2020-01-15T06:41:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T06:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318919"},"modified":"2020-01-15T07:34:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T07:34:49","slug":"president-kovind-extend-greetings-on-72nd-army-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-extend-greetings-on-72nd-army-day\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind extend greetings on 72nd Army Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-300236 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kovind.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/kovind.jpg 506w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/kovind-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/kovind-290x420.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As India celebrates its 72nd Army Day on Wednesday, President Ram Nath Kovind and several other leaders extend their wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind said, \u201cOn Army Day, greetings to the valiant men and women of the Indian Army, to veterans and to their families. You are our nation\u2019s pride, the sentinels of our liberty. Your immense sacrifice has secured our sovereignty, brought glory to our nation and protected our people. Jai Hind!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, \u201cOn Army Day today, I salute all valiant Indian Army personnel and recall with pride their indomitable spirit, valour and sacrifices in making India a safer place. #ArmyDay2020.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Saluting the valour, courage and fortitude of all Indian soldiers Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, \u201cLet us come together and show our gratitude to the Indian Army for their selfless service to the nation and honour all those who sacrificed their lives for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year as it was this day when the first Indian general &#8212; General Kodandera M Cariappa took over as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army in 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Army Day marks a day to salute the valiant soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country and its citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As India celebrates its 72nd Army Day on Wednesday, President Ram Nath Kovind and several other leaders extend their wishes. President Ram Nath Kovind said, \u201cOn Army Day, greetings to the valiant men and women of the Indian Army, to veterans and to their families. You are our nation\u2019s pride, the sentinels of our liberty. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":300236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12402,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318923,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318919\/revisions\/318923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/300236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}