<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on army personnel on the Army Day, saying they are the pride of India.</p>.<p>"The Indian Army is the pride of Mother India. On the occasion of Army Day, I salute the indomitable courage, of all the soldiers of the country," he wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>The Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year to mark the taking over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by then Lt Gen K M Carriappa in 1949 from General Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India.</p>.<p><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15790870088154248232288">later</gwmw> became a Field Marshal.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on army personnel on the Army Day, saying they are the pride of India.</p>.<p>"The Indian Army is the pride of Mother India. On the occasion of Army Day, I salute the indomitable courage, of all the soldiers of the country," he wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>The Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year to mark the taking over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by then Lt Gen K M Carriappa in 1949 from General Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India.</p>.<p><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15790870088154248232288">later</gwmw> became a Field Marshal.</p>