CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Saviours of Kashmir war memorial unveiled by J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha . The war memorial commemorates the 75th year Indian Army’s arrival in the Indian Air Force aircraft at the Budgam Airfield in Srinagar on October 27, 1947.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north. It lies to the north of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and to the west of Ladakh which is administered by India as a union territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kargil War Memorial, also known as Dras War Memorial, is a war memorial built by the Indian Army in the town of Dras, near Kargil city in Kargil district of Ladakh, India, commemorating the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jammu and Kashmir, union territory of India (until October 31, 2019, a state), located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent centred on the plains around Jammu to the south and the Vale of Kashmir to the north.

Detailed explanation-5: -The National War Memorial Southern Command is a war memorial in the city of Pune, India, dedicated to post-Independence war martyrs. This is the only war memorial in South Asia which has been erected by citizens’ contributions.