Desert Hawks celebrate golden jubilee

AHMEDABAD: To commemorate 50 years of the founding of the battalion, the

Desert Hawks

celebrated its

golden jubilee

from November 9 to 11. The celebration included a special sainik sammelan and

wreath-laying ceremony

to pay homage to the batallion’s martyrs. A solemn Sarv Dharm function, band display, family welfare meet and motorcycle display also formed part of the celebrations.

Lt Gen R Ravindran

, ex colonels of the regiment,37 serving and retired officers and approximately 576 veterans of the battalion attended the celebrations.

It worthy to note that Desert Hawks battalion is a specialist unit of the Indian Army adept at operations in the desert sector. The battalion was created on November 10, 1966 and took active part in the 1971 war.


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