The Defence Minister, Shri A K Antony paying homage to the Indian Soldiers who died during the second World War at the Berlin War Cemetery, in Germany on May 26, 2008. The Air Chief Marshal FH Major is also seen. (Photograph courtesy Press Information Bureau of India)The visit to the Berlin War Cemetery recently by Indian Defence Minister A K Antony, where amid a sombre mood rich tributes were paid to the Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War.
As the bugler sounded the “Last Post” at the war cemetery, Antony with senior officials moved towards the memorials built at the cemetery where bodies of 50 soldiers from undivided India were laid to rest during the Second World War. He placed a wreath at the memorial on which “Their Name liveth for ever more” was inscribed. A small detachment of the German Guards stepped forward to aid the minister to place a wreath at the memorial. He showered rose petals as the bugler again blew the “Last Post” signing the end of the mourning period. Two priests chanted prayers as the delegation members placed rose stalks at the graves.
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Forwarded by Brig PT Gangadharan (Retd)
Comment: Do we have any worthwhile war memorials to honour our soldiers who gave their lives in the Indo China 1962 war, Indo Pak wars 1965 and 1971, recent Kargil War and for the many who have perished in Insurgency Operations in Nagaland, NE, Assam and Jammu and Kashmir? Does our Nation have any other means of honouring the memory of our Soldiers? Do we have a consolidated list of those who sacrificed their lives for each Campaign published? Should not the Greatest Democratic Country in the world let its citizens know who died safe gaurding the Nation?
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