Maha Sappers celebrate 241st Corps Day in Pune
Pune Nov 18 PTI The Corps of Engineers or Sappers as they are commonly known celebrated the 241st Corps Day at Southern Command Headquarters in Pune on Thursday Lt Gen J S Nain Army Commander Southern Command conveyed his compliments to the Sapper fraternity and expressed confidence that the Corps of Engineers would rise to meet future challenges in all dimensions thus upholding its motto Sarvatra in the truest sense Indian Sappers have a long history dating back to the mid-18th century The Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior-most group the Madras Sappers was raised The Bengal and Bombay Sappers were subsequently formed and these groups were later merged on November 18 1932 to form the Corps of Engineers Sappers have provided succour to the civil population in recent times playing their part in flood relief in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and in Op NAMASTE launched to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic by creating and maintaining essential medical and sustenance facilities a Defence release stated PTI SPK ARU ARU
Pune Nov 18 PTI The Corps of Engineers or Sappers as they are commonly known celebrated the 241st Corps Day at Southern Command Headquarters in Pune on Thursday Lt Gen J S Nain Army Commander Southern Command conveyed his compliments to the Sapper fraternity and expressed confidence that the Corps of Engineers would rise to meet future challenges in all dimensions thus upholding its motto Sarvatra in the truest sense Indian Sappers have a long history dating back to the mid-18th century The Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior-most group the Madras Sappers was raised The Bengal and Bombay Sappers were subsequently formed and these groups were later merged on November 18 1932 to form the Corps of Engineers Sappers have provided succour to the civil population in recent times playing their part in flood relief in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and in Op NAMASTE launched to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic by creating and maintaining essential medical and sustenance facilities a Defence release stated PTI SPK ARU ARU
