Amarinder calls for national war memorial to soldiers
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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NEW DELHI: The deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Capt Amarinder Singh, on Saturday lamented that no government in independent India had cared to set up a memorial to Indian soldiers who had died for the country in various wars.
Speaking at the launch of his book ‘Honour and Fidelity’, Singh said it was “wrong if somebody has not pushed for a war memorial yet”.
“It has been 60 years since Independence but no government has bothered to set up a memorial in honour of Indian soldiers who had laid down their lives for the country in various wars. It is wrong if somebody has not pushed for a memorial. All the soldiers who died should be honoured,” he said at the launch function here. would take steps to ensure that the war memorial was set up soon. “It is a pity that we do not have a national war memorial. I
Singh dedicated the book to Congress president Sonia Gandhi saying she had great leadership ability. Singh’s book talks of India’s military contribution to World War 1 from 1914 to 1918 which saw 74,000 Indian soldiers being killed and 67,000 wounded. A number of former army officers and former union ministers attended the function.
