Making it the tallest in the Northeast, the National Flag was unfurled on a 108-feet-high mast in Assam's Tezpur on Thursday.
GOC Gajraj Corps, Lt Gen Gambhir Singh, at Tezpur Military Garrison, unfurled the flag. Addressing soldiers, students, and NCC cadets, Lt Gen Singh urged them to embrace discipline, service, and dream big for the nation's prosperity.
Tezpur University Vice Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh, state government officials, members of the central armed police forces, and locals, teachers, and school children were present on the occasion. The initiative was of the Flag Foundation of India.
Its representative, Major General (Retd.) Aseem Kohli, who was present on the occasion, said that the foundation aims to use the National Flag as a symbol of unity, strength, national pride, and patriotism across all sections of society.