Hyderabad: The Armed Forces Flag Day was celebrated with reverence across Telangana, at the Directorate of Sainik Welfare, Hyderabad, and ten regional sainik welfare offices. Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, chairperson of the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund, inaugurated the celebrations by wearing an AFFD sticker and making a donation. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy marked the occasion with a ₹1 lakh …
India has been observing December 7 as the Armed Forces Flag Day since 1949 to honour those soldiers who valiantly fought on the borders to safeguard the country's honour. The government had constituted the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund for the welfare and rehabilitation of the ex-servicemen community. The Armed Forces Flag Day is mainly observed to serve three basic …
