Indian Army celebrates 39th Siachen Day

Indian Army celebrates 39th Siachen Day

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Category : Important Days Published on: April 18 2023

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The Indian Army celebrated the 39th Siachen Day at the highest and coldest battlefield in the world, braving the challenges of nature’s extreme fury.
Every year on April 13, the Siachen Warriors celebrate Siachen Day. This year marks the 39th anniversary of Operation Meghdoot, launched by the Indian Army on April 13, 1984, to secure the Siachen Glacier, which was important from a strategic point of view since the glacier shares boundaries with Pakistan and China.
The Glacier extends to 76 kilometres in the Karakoram ranges, and the sub-zero temperatures and frequent avalanches are the greatest challenges for human survival here.
The Indian Army is guarding the key passes and ridges along the Glacier, the frozen frontier, in a high state of operational preparedness with highly determined and motivated troops and state-of-the-art equipment to deal with the challenges posed by extreme weather.
Both countries maintain a permanent military presence in the region at a height of over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft). Indian Army is the first and only army in the world to have taken tanks and other heavy military ordnance to such an altitude.
In 2003, the late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam became the first Indian President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to visit Operation Meghdoot personnel.

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