National War Memorial will inspire generations for nation-building: Lt Gen Rajeshwar

New Delhi: MyNation gives you an exclusive glimpse of National War Memorial (NWM), which is all set to get inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25.

 Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar, chief of integrated defence staff, while talking about the memorial, which has been constructed to honour around 26,000 soldiers, said that the NWM will be a representation of the indelible qualities of our armed forces, i.e. sacrifice, valiantly and courage. 

The memorial pays befitting tribute to our soldiers who laid down their lives defending the nation during Indo-China War in 1962, Indo-Pak Wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, Indian Peace Keeping Force Operations in Srilanka and in the Kargil Conflict in 1999. The National War Memorial also commemorates the soldiers who participated and made supreme sacrifice in UN Peace Keeping Missions, during HADR Operations, Counter Insurgency Operations and Low-Intensity Capital Operation (LICO).

Each brick has a name of a soldier, his ID, regiment, and rank. An app will be available with which one can type the name of the solider and find the location of his brick. A provision also exists by which new names can be added.