67th Army Day observed on 15 January

Army Day: 15 January

India on 15 January 2015 observed the 67th Army Day. The day is celebrated to commemorate the day, when Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K M Cariappa on 15 January 1949 became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army post Independence. He had succeeded General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India.

To mark the day, all three service chiefs, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Robin K Dhowan and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha paid tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti here at India Gate by laying floral wreath and remembering the martyred soldiers. Thereafter they also signed the record book at the India Gate.

Various parades and military shows were organized in national capital New Delhi and all army headquarters to mark the day.