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            The  Army Day Quiz Competition was held at Zorawar Auditorium, Manekshaw Centre on 07 January 2016 as part of the 68^th Army Day - 2016 Celebrations. The event received overwhelming response from the school children with 98 teams from 68 schools taking part in the event including schools from Digboi, Assam and Lucknow.

            Mrs Namita Suhag, President Army Wives Welfare Association was the Chief Guest for the event, which was attended by other senior dignitaries and ladies from the Army establishment. Mr Aditya Nath Mubayi, renowned Quiz Master conducted the entire event and ensured involvement and participation of the entire audience.

            The event was conducted with a preliminary test, after which six teams reached the final stage of the Quiz. The entire Quiz was keenly contested and witnessed a very high standard of participation from all the teams. The team from Army Public School, Shankar Vihar (Delhi Cantonment) were the winners of the competition and Army Public School, Hisar was the runner up of the competition who were both awarded with trophies, medals and cash prizes.

            The Quiz was educative, knowledgeable and an interesting experience for the audience. The event was conducted as a prelude to the Army Day Celebrations this year and went a long way to etch an impression in the minds of the future generations of the country on the Indian Army's legacy of Courage, Valour and Sacrifice.

Col Rohan Anand, SM          

PRO (Army)

             As part of ‘68th Army Day Celebration- 2016’ and in its drive, the Army would be conducting an Army ‘Raahgiri’ with an endeavour to connect with the masses and bring the 68^th Army day celebrations closer home to the general public. The Army will be conducting various programmes at Central Park, Connaught Place (3:00PM onwards) and Sector 10, Dwarka (7:00 AM Onwards) on 10 January 2016 (Sunday).

          The events will focus on the theme of healthy living and will include Martial Arts display by troops of the Assam Regiment and other cultural shows like ‘Lezim’ from Maharashtra and ‘Chang Dance’  from Rajasthan. The events will also showcase the Infantry Soldier’s bayonet training drill, known as “Dhawa”, where the audience would be allowed to participate and win prizes.

          The Army Dog Squads will be showing off their military training skills. An Army Aerobics and ‘Malakhamb’ team would also be showing elite gymnastics skills and raw muscular strength to motivate the youth to ape a healthy lifestyle.

        The event would be conducted as a prelude to the Army Day Celebrations this year and would certainly go a long way to etch an impression in the minds of the future generations of the country on the Indian Army's legacy of Courage, Valour and Sacrifice.

Col Rohan Anand, SM

PRO (Army)

          As part of ‘68^th Army Day – 2016’ Celebration, the army would be conducting a painting competition on the theme “Indian Army: Symbol of Courage, Valour and Sacrifice” which would be organised at India Gate Lawns on 09 Jan 2016 from 2:00PM onwards.

          The online registration for the event was completed on 04 January 2016 and around 750 children are expected to participate in the event. The competitions are being held under three different categories to include ‘Under 12 years’, ‘12 to 18 years’ and for ‘Differently - Abled Children’. The winners would be presented a trophy and cash prize for each category. Apart from this, 15 consolation prizes with a medallion are also being awarded.

                  The event would be conducted as a prelude to the 68^th Army Day - 2016 Celebrations this year and would certainly go a long way to etch an impression in the minds of the future generations of the country on the Indian Army's legacy of Courage, Valour and Sacrifice. The event would also encourage young minds towards Army life and rekindle feeling of patriotism among them.

Col Rohan Anand, SM

PRO (Army)