{"id":329580,"date":"2020-12-16T06:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T06:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=329580"},"modified":"2020-12-16T06:54:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T06:54:19","slug":"vijay-diwas-pm-modi-lights-up-swarnim-vijay-mashaal-at-national-war-memorial-president-kovind-pays-tributes-to-soldiers-on-50th-anniversary-of-1971-india-pak-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vijay-diwas-pm-modi-lights-up-swarnim-vijay-mashaal-at-national-war-memorial-president-kovind-pays-tributes-to-soldiers-on-50th-anniversary-of-1971-india-pak-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Diwas: PM Modi lights up &#8216;Swarnim Vijay Mashaal&#8217; at National War Memorial, President Kovind pays tributes to soldiers on 50th-anniversary of 1971 India-Pak war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/vijay-diwas-pm-modi-lights-up-swarnim-vijay-mashaal-at-national-war-memorial-president-kovind-pays-tributes-to-soldiers-on-50th-anniversary-of-1971-india-pak-war\/flame-vijay-diwas\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-329581\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329581 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flame-vijay-diwas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/12\/flame-vijay-diwas.jpg 617w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/12\/flame-vijay-diwas-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lighted up the &#8216;Swarnim Vijay Mashaal&#8217; from the eternal flame of National War Memorial on Vijay Diwas. These Mashaals will now be carried to various parts of the country including villages of Param Vir Chakra &amp; Maha Vir Chakra Awardees of India-Pak War of 1971.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Recalling the courage of Indian Armed forces, PM Modi in a tweet said, &#8220;On Vijay Diwas we recall the unwavering courage of our armed forces that resulted in a decisive victory for our nation in the 1971 war. On this special Vijay Diwas, had the honour of lighting the \u2018Swarnim Vijay Mashaal\u2019 at the National War Memorial.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">President Ram Nath Kovind also recalled the valour of soldiers, in a tweet Kovind said, &#8220;On Vijay Diwas, let us recall the valour of our soldiers that affirmed our nation\u2019s unwavering commitment to defend our sovereignty and protect human dignity. Their martyrdom in 1971 war had shown unparalleled grit &amp; prowess of our forces. The nation is eternally indebted to them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In December 1971, the Indian Armed Forces had defeated Pakistan Army, which led to the largest military Surrender after the World War\u2013II and creation of Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lighted up the &#8216;Swarnim Vijay Mashaal&#8217; from the eternal flame of National War Memorial on Vijay Diwas. These Mashaals will now be carried to various parts of the country including villages of Param Vir Chakra &amp; Maha Vir Chakra Awardees of India-Pak War of 1971. Recalling the courage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":329581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,10933,1452,13791,10298],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329580"}],"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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329583,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329580\/revisions\/329583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/329581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}