Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday said a memorial dedicated to armed forces personnel from the s🍃tate who laid down their lives for the country will be established.
Addressing the state function on the occasion of Vijay Divas, he said Rs 3 crore has been alꦯlocated for the project.
"A small park with a memorial stone remembering the soldiers from M𒁏anipur who have laid down their lives to protect the nation will be established in the state very soo✱n. People will be able to pay floral tributes to the martyred heroes," he said.
Among others, he highlighted the sacrifices made by Ashok Chakra awardee Major🅷 Laishram Jyotin Singh who died while fighting a suཧicide bomber during an attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2010.
"Vijay Divas is obse𝓡rved on December 16 every year to commemorate the victory of the Indian armed forces in the 1971 war with Pakistan," the chief minister added.
-With PTI Input
