Headquarters 101 Area Celebrates 54th Raising day today in Shillong

Shillong, April 22: The 54th raising day of headquarters 101 area was celebrated with traditional military elan and fervour on 22 April 2017. headquarters 101 area was raised in 1963 as headquarters 101 communication zone, primarily for provision of logistic support to field formations which had moved to the north east region in the wake of the chinese aggression in 1962.

During 1966, when Mizoram was gripped with insurgency, the formation was tasked to conduct counter insurgency operations in Mizoram. The formation did a commendable job of winning the hearts and minds of the local populace and continued to perform this task till 1969, when a new army division took over this responsibility. During the 1971 war, the formation took active part in combat operations in Sylhet and Mymensingh districts of the erstwhile east Pakistan,now Bangladesh and was the first to reach Dacca, thereby earning the accolade “First In Dacca”.

Earlier in the day Lieutenant General Depinder Singh Ahuja, General officer commanding, 101 area, laid a wreath at the war memorial and addressed all ranks of headquarters 101 area in a special sainik sammelan held at the rhino auditorium.

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