12Photo2Video© thehindu.comShaurya Sandhya, motorcycle display kick off Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorations
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participated in the event and also handed a ceremonial kalash to some of the family members of the personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the conflict.
The ceremony was also attended by Ladakh LG V K Saxena, Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, among other senior officers of the force, besides several military veterans.
A band of Ladakh Scouts played patriotic songs such as "Maa Tujhe Salaam" , and later guests took part in lighting candles near the obelisk of the main memorial.
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