Retired officers observe Navy Day

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 4

Navy Day was commemorated by members of the Navy Foundation’s Chandigarh chapter by organising a social get-together at Defence Services Officers Institute here today. The foundation is an association of retired naval officers.

Navy Day is observed on December 4 every year to commemorate Indian Navy’s daring and highly successful attack on Karachi harbor during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and pay homage to the martyrs.

A large number of retired officers from the tricity as well as the region, including former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, attended the event. Admiral Lanba appraised the gathering about the modernisation plans of the Navy.