Keeping in line with the year-long celebration of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war victory, war veteran Maha Vir chakra Major General C.Venugopal and two Vir Chakra recipients were felicitated at his residence in the temple city of Tirupati.
The ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashal’ or the flame of glory, which is being taken on a pan-India tour, was brought to the city on Wednesday. The flame was lit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark the golden jubilee of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.