The eighth edition of the Military Literature Festival got off to a spectacular start this morning with a solemn, impressive Wreath Laying at the Regional War Memorial at Sector 3 in Chandigarh. Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh. Gulab Chand Kataria, serving officers of armed forces as well as veterans laid the wreath at the memorial.
,Two minutes of silence was observed and the sacrifices and valour of the martyrs and soldiers who fought in the Kargil War, 1999 remembered.
Later the Bravehearts Ride in commemoration of the martyrs and soldiers, who fought in the Kargil War , was flagged off from outside the Chandigarh Club. Total 800 motorbikes with riders representing 43 different clubs and organisations took part. It was an occasion when the Tricity roared to the sound of modern engines steered by agile riders.
The theme of homage to the Kargil Martyrs and heroes has drawn remarkable response throughout the bike riding community of Punjab and Northern India.
