This year nation celebrates its 75th Infantry Day.
Infantry Day is celebrated as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India.
It was when the First Battalion of the Sikh Regiment of Indian Army fought battle to accomplish victory over the first attack on the Indian soil by the Pakistan Army and Lashkar invader on October 27, 1947.
The battle was in the Kashmir valley.
The infantry is the largest fighting arm of the Indian Army.
It is popularly known as the “Queen of the Battle”.