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The 6th Military Literature festival was celebrated under the theme ‘The Armed Forces: Defending Free India for the Last 75 Years from dec 3 to dec4 and was inaugurated at Sukhna Lake by Punjab Minister for Tourism Anmol Gagan Mann.
The MLF was started in 2017 by Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore and Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, a known army historian. Lt Gen Shergill added that the first MLF event is dedicated to the martyrs of the 1962 war whose 60th anniversary has just ended.
Over the years, it has grown into a premier international gathering of military historians, thinkers, strategic analysts and writers to discuss and talk about warfare, history and intellectual pursuits
On this occasion, chairman of the Festival Association, Lt Gen TS Shergill (retd), GOC-in-C Western Command Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri and Major General (Operations) Western Command Sandeep Singh were present, among other dignitaries. the festival was jointly organised by the Military Literature Festival Association in association with the Punjab government, Western Command and the Chandigarh Administration
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann brought down the curtain of the festival at the closing ceremony on December 4.
A small thank giving party was given by the Association to the organisers who made the festival a success at DSOI sector 36.Chandigarh today 25 Dec 22.
Chairman of the Festival Association, Lt Gen TS Shergill (retd),has told that hence forth the location of conduct will be changed to other place of Punjab like AMRITSAR,JALLADER, JAMMU/PATHANKOT, etc