Republic day: ITBP jawans marched on a frozen lake with the Indian tricolour early on Tuesday.
New Delhi:
As India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day, its jawans are joining in by hoisting flags in some of the country s most remote and inhospitable areas where they stand guard all year round, including Ladakh.
In the icy upper reaches of Ladakh, at a height of 17,000 feet where temperature stood at minus 25 degrees Celsius, the personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) marched on a frozen lake with the Indian tricolour early on Tuesday morning.
Bharat Mata ki Jai (Long live India) , chanted the men and women of the border patrol force ITBP.
Republic Day 2021: ITBP Personnel Hoist National Flag at 17,000 Feet in Ladakh
ITBP personnel shared a video on Twitter of them celebrating the 72nd Republic Day by hoisting the national flag, the video has since gone viral.
| 26 Jan 2021 10:14 AM GMT
Ladakh: On the occasion of India s 72nd Republic Day, The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posted a special video to celebrate Republic Day. The video shows the soldiers braving the freezing sub-zero temperatures and unwelcoming conditions to hoist the national flag at Ladakh.
The nine ITBP personnel, including men and women, paraded on a frozen lake with the Indian tricolour early on Tuesday morning as the temperature recorded minus 25 degrees Celsius. The personnel, also referred to as the ITBP Himveers, were seen hoisting the flag at 17,000 feet above the sea level, chanting Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata Ki Jai .
Watch: ITBP jawans celebrate Republic Day on an ice body in Ladakh
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Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 11:22 [IST]
Leh, Jan 26: Be it on a frozen water body or at a high-altitude Border Outpost, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans braved the intense cold to march with the national flag on a frozen water body in Ladakh on the occasion of 72nd Republic Day.
ITBP sends message on Republic Day from minus 25 degree climate | Oneindia News
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News agency ANI shared the video in which ITBP jawans can be seen celebrating Republic Day 2021 and chanting Vande Mataram , Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Hindi slogans at a high-altitude Border Outpost in Ladakh.
Republic Day: 17 Indo-Tibetan Border Police officials get police medals
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. Updated: 25 Jan 2021, 05:28 PM IST PTI
Two officers have been decorated with the police medal for gallantry, three with the President s police medal for distinguished service and 12 with police medals for meritorious service
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Seventeen Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been awarded police service medals of various categories on the eve of Republic Day on Monday.
Two officers have been decorated with the police medal for gallantry, three with the President s police medal for distinguished service and 12 with police medals for meritorious service.
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The about 90,000-personnel strong force is primarily tasked with guarding the 3,488-km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China that runs from the Karakoram Pass in the Himalayas to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh apart from rendering a variety of internal security duties like conducting anti-Naxal operations.