Over 400 Youths From Jammu And Kashmir Inducted Into Army indianexpress.com

Over 400 freshly-trained youths from Jammu and Kashmir were on Saturday recruited into the Army at a passing-out-parade here, the first such parade of the force after the erstwhile state became the Union territory. The passing-out-parade of the soldiers, belonging to different areas of Jammu and Kashmir, was conducted at the regimental center of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) at Rangreth in the outskirts of the city here, an Army official said. The parade, which was reviewed by the General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen K.J.S. Dhillon, was attended by hundreds of parents and relatives of the young soldiers. The official said, “404 young soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir were recruited into the Army’s Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) regiment after completing one-year strenuous training.”