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KEKAR MONYING, 5 Apr:<\/strong> The unsung heroes of the Anglo-Abor war of 1911-12 were felicitated posthumously with citations and mementoes during a programme organised here in Siang district on Tuesday as part of the Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.<\/p>\n Attending the programme, Environment & Forests Minister Mama Natung said that the governments, both at the Centre and in the state, are “searching for<\/p>\n the unsung heroes to showcase and felicitate them.”<\/p>\n “Our freedom is hard-earned; hence, we should preserve it,” he said.<\/p>\n Natung said that everybody should work towards peace, development and protection of the ecosystem from further degradation.<\/p>\n Responding to a memorandum submitted by Kebang ZPM Topi Jerang for construction of a war memorial and a museum in Rebing-Lireng in Kebang village, the minister agreed to have it constructed next year. He entrusted the Siang DC with the task.<\/p>\n MLA Kumsi Sidisow said that the Aka tribe also fought against the British in the Anglo-Aka war. He requested the Adi scholars to carry out research on the unsung heroes and martyrs of the Anglo-Aka war too.<\/p>\n The programme was organised by the Arunachal Abu Tani Community Confederation.<\/p>\n MLAs Ojing Tasing and Talem Taboh, the Siang DC, the SP, the WRD CE, the chief conservator of forests and PRI leaders accompanied Natung and Sidisow.<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, Natung inaugurated an office building of the WRD in Pangin. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KEKAR MONYING, 5 Apr: The unsung heroes of the Anglo-Abor war of 1911-12 were felicitated posthumously with citations and mementoes during a programme organised here in Siang district on Tuesday as part of the Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Attending the programme, Environment & Forests Minister Mama Natung said that the governments, both at the Centre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-188195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}