Saragarhi mural to adorn war memorial
GS Paul
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 12
A mural is being built at the upcoming Punjab State War Heroes Memorial-cum-Museum here to commemorate the Battle of Saragarhi, the 119th anniversary of which fell today. The names of the 21 Sikh martyrs would be engraved on the mural.
Brig JS Arora (retd), Director, Defence Services Welfare, said the memorial, being built at a cost of Rs 150 crore along the Amritsar-Attari road, was expected to be inaugurated on October 23.
A MiG-23 and a model of the decommissioned aircraft carrier ship, INS Vikrant, are the latest additions to the museum.
Three tanks have also been displayed — a ‘Sherman’ Pakistan tank which was captured in 1965 by India’s 7th Light Cavalry; a Pakistani ‘Patton’ tank that the Indian Army secured in 1971; and India’s Centurion Tank that figured prominently in the 1965 and 1971 Wars.
Meanwhile, the SGPC today organised “Akhand Path” at Gurdwara Saragarhi, raised in memory of the war heroes, near the Golden Temple. The kin of the martyrs were honoured with “siropas” (robes of honour).
