It was under the guidance of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that a Task Force consisting of a Group of Ministers was constituted to study the recommendations proposed to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for creating a post of CDS
Upholding the Delhi HC verdict, the apex court also noted that 'a mindset change' is needed in this regard to end gender-based discrimination in the commissioning of women in the Army.
It is the nature of the Indian armed forces to step in any time when there is a need and the defence forces have been involved in several daring rescue acts.
Every year on December 4, the Indian Navy organises a Beating Retreat ceremony at the Gateway of India in Mumbai to commemorate the audacious attack carried out by the Indian missile boats on the Pakistani Navy headquarters, Karachi on December 4, 1971.