Consider the following statements regarding Operation Rajiv: 1. It was launched in 1987 to capture the strategically significant Quaid Post in the Siachen Glacier region from Pakistani forces. 2. Army Day in India is observed every year to commemorate the success, and honour the supreme sacrifice made during this war. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
Operation Rajiv was an Indian Army operation in the Siachen Glacier region in 1987.
Step 1 — Statement 1: in June 1987, Indian troops of 8 JAK LI captured the Pakistani-held Quaid Post, at about 21,000 feet on the Saltoro Ridge. It was renamed Bana Top after Naib Subedar Bana Singh, who led the final assault and received the Param Vir Chakra. Correct.
Step 2 — Statement 2: Army Day is observed on 15 January to mark the day in 1949 when General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Roy Bucher. It does not commemorate Operation Rajiv. Incorrect.
So only the first statement holds; choices accepting the second statement, or rejecting the first, fail.
1 only option is correct.
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