Members of the 1971 OTS batch at the National War Memorial
NEW DELHI: Exactly 50 years ago, on March 14, 1971, 338 newly inducted officers from the famous “1971 War Course” graduated from the Officers Training School (now OTA), in Madras, as it was then called. They were soon rushed to the eastern and western fronts to prepare for the imminent war against Pakistan. Less than nine months later, seven of them laid down their lives for the country.
On Sunday, members of the1971 batch, led by Maj Gen C D Sawant (retd), gathered here to commemorate the golden jubilee of the commissioning of officers from SS(NT)-10 and Tech-2 course and paid homage to the “Seven Legends”.