Armed Forces Flag Day to be celebrated across the country tomorrow ‘At Home’ function tomorrow at Raj Bhawan

by Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati :  To honour the Armed Forces, an “At Home” function is being held at the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati tomorrow to celebrate the Armed Forces Flag Day. The Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi and the Chairman, ‘State Managing Committee’ for Ex-Serviceman Welfare will be present during the function. It is for the fifth time that ‘At Home’ is being organised at Raj Bhawan to celebrate the Armed Forces Flag Day. Senior bureaucrats and police officers from Govt. of Assam and Senior Armed Forces personnel will attend the event. Gallantry award winners, War disabled, war widows, Ex-Defence service Officers, will also be present in the programme. Since the year 1949, the Armed Forces Flag Day is observed on 7 th December, throughout the country, to honour the martyrs and the men in uniform, who bravely fight on our borders to safeguard its territorial integrity. This year too, this day is being observed across the country to remember the services rendered by personnel of Army, Navy and Air Force to the Nation. The day provides an opportunity to connect with Armed Forces personnel, their families and to reciprocate our admiration for them by contributing generously to Armed Forces Flag Day Fund to ensure welfare and rehabilitation of war widows, war wounded and dependents of the fallen soldiers and Ex- Servicemen.