GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT UNVIELS ABDUL HAMID BUST IN GHAZIPUR DISTRICT ,FELICITATES WIDOW OF SOLDIER

NEW DELHI: Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat yesterday unveiled a bust of 1965 Indo-Pak war hero Abdul Hamid in Ghazipur district and felicitated the widow of the soldier who was awarded Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal.

On the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of his supreme sacrifice, Gen. Rawat and his wife Madhulika met Rasoolan Bibi, wife of Company Quartermaster Havildar Hamid, and several other war widows and felicitated them.

The Army chief also unveiled a memorial in Hamid’s honour in his ancestral village of Dhamupur in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh while exhorting the youth to join the armed forces.

Lauding the contribution made by the people of the district to the armed forces, Gen. Rawat said a recruitment drive will be held soon in Ghazipur to encourage the youth to join the Army and contribute to the country’s security.

Courtesy: PTI