national defence academy is located at khadakwasla near pune, maharashtra in india.
national defence academy is located at khadakwasla near pune, maharashtra in india.
where is national defence academy located in india?
khadakwasla near pune , maharashtra
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the best passing out cadet of national defence academy is conferred the lachit borphukan gold medal every year from 1999, after the then indian army chief general v p malik made the formal announcement about its institution in new delhi on 24 april 1999 at an all-india level national seminar & lecture programme organised at the initiative of a guwahati-based organisation founded by assam's leading heritage scholar and former top indian bureaucrat principal bhabananda deka and columnist, storywriter, novelist arnab jan deka. assam foundation-india under the leadership of its founder-member and director principal bhabananda deka and executive director arnab jan deka were primarily instrumental in presenting the 17th century assamese army general lachit borphukan at the pan-indian level for the very first time by organizing the said seminar & lecture program in new delhi on 24 april 1999. at the invitation of arnab jan deka, the incumbent vice president of india dr krishna kant, indian army chief general v p malik, india government's home secretary b p singh attended the assam foundation programme and delivered research based lectures acknowledging lachit's military prowess as army general. ‘the assam tribune’ on its issue dated 25 april 1999 under a caption "heroic feats of lachit recalled" reported from new delhi that "a lecture on the life and times of lachit barphukan organized by assam foundation involving leading political figures, historians, bureaucrats and army officers today sought to place the great ahom general at the centre-stage by bringing out his feats and deeds of brevity outside of assam. the chief of the army staff, v p malik, who was present at the lecture today perhaps to remove the shortcoming of historians, agreeing in principle, had instituted a lachit barphukan prize at the national defence academy. the move, it was felt, will promote awareness about lachit among the officers of the defence services and inspire them to emulate his great example. earlier, the function was inaugurated by vice president, k kant who said that leadership of barphukan as a ahom general was a great whatershed in the political history of assam. addressing the function, the union home secretary b p singh said that whenever great politician, military leaders and patriots meet, great events happen of which the country saw glimpses in lachit's life." almost all leading indian newspapers like hindustan times, the hindu, the telegraph extensively covered this event in their national editions published from new delhi on 25 april 1999. press trust of india (pti) report published on hindustan times and others also reported that assam chief minister prafulla kumar mahanta and governor s k sinha "thanked the army chief general v p malik, for agreeing in principle to institute a ‘lachit barphukan prize’ at the national defence academy saying this would inspire defence personnel to emulate barphukan's heroism and sacrifices." the main organizer of the historic event arnab jan deka recalled the proceedings of the event leading to institution of lachit barphukan award and statue at the india government's top army school through a write-up published in 1 september 2016 issue of the top assamese literary journal ‘prantik’, wherein the news published in leading dailies like hindustan times, the hindu and the assam tribune regarding the event had been extensively quoted.
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