Kochi: The fire of victory, lit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 War, was taken to Thiruvananthapuram from the Kochi Naval Base on the completion of various events held at the Southern Naval Command (SNC) for the past three months.
The fire victory, which reached Kochi on March 23, was turned on by PM Modi at National War Memorial, New Delhi on December 16, 2019.
Since then traveling in four cardinal direction of the defense command in the country will commemorate the ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh.
‘, namely the settlement of 50 years of Bangladesh war.
The fire extraction ceremony was held in the war memorial in the Kochi naval base on Friday.
Deputy Laksamana Ak Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, SNC Bid Adieu to the Victory Fire with a ceremonial guard.
The fire was handed over to captain Samuel Lalthanmawia from 91 Infantry Brigades (Trivandrum) with full military honor for further movement in the southern district of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The fire reached Kochi traveling around 3000 km throughout the country.
It was accepted by Cmde Naj Joseph, the commander of the officer, INS Venduraty and the insertion ceremony at the warning of the war carried out on March 24.
Then brought to the residence of the receiver war galalantri in and around Kochi.
The fire of the victory was also taken to the residence of the widow of the 1971 war martyrs.
As part of the celebration of Swarnim Vijay Varsh, the interaction with the NCC Cadets was also carried out in Sagarika, a naval auditorium, where two hundred NCC cadets from various NCC units throughout Ernakulam were present.
It was also brought to two schools in Kochi accompanied by the team of army and naval band relays.
A visit to another school was canceled due to a pandemic.
The fire was then taken to the Dronachrya Ins in Fort Kochi, received by the commander, Ins Dronacharya with a full military award.
The fire victory was taken to several islands in the Lakshadweep Islands in early April and visited the residence of the war veterans there.
It was then taken back to Kochi.