{"id":273171,"date":"2025-11-03T00:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=273171"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:25:03","slug":"indian-army-commemorates-kepang-la-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/indian-army-commemorates-kepang-la-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Army commemorates Kepang La Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 2 Nov:<\/strong> In the run-up to Kepang La Day on 17 November, the Indian Army&#8217;s Spear Corps on Sunday organised a &#8216;Siang Open Mini Marathon&#8217; in the picturesque Tuting village in Upper Siang district to honour the gallant soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1962 Battle of Kepang La.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event witnessed over 517 participants from the Indian Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the local population, including school children, women and youths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participants ran in two categories &#8212; 2 km and 7 km &#8211; through the breathtaking landscape of the Siang valley, showcasing enthusiasm, fitness and patriotic fervour, according to an Indian Army release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8220;The mini marathon was more than a sporting event; it symbolised unity, remembrance and civil-military harmony,&#8221; the release said, reaffirming the armed forces&#8217; commitment to fostering friendship, fitness and solidarity among border communities while honouring the bravehearts of the 1962 war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event concluded with a felicitation ceremony, where winners across various categories were awarded medals, certificates and cash prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 2 Nov: In the run-up to Kepang La Day on 17 November, the Indian Army&#8217;s Spear Corps on Sunday organised a &#8216;Siang Open Mini Marathon&#8217; in the picturesque Tuting village in Upper Siang district to honour the gallant soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1962 Battle of Kepang La. The event witnessed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273171","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\/273171","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=273171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}