Sankalp Smarak’ dedicated to the nation by CINCAN

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• A Sankalp Smarak was dedicated to the nation by Lt Gen Ajai Singh, Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN), exactly 78 years after Netaji’s arrival on 29 Dec 2021.
• It was on this day that the national tricolour  flag was hoisted for the first time on Indian soil, at the Gymkhana Ground (present Netaji Stadium) in Port Blair by  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.. 
• He also announced Andaman and Nicobar as the first Indian Territory free  from British rule.
• Subhash Chandra Bose, and renamed   Andaman and Nicobar island  as "Shaheed-dweep" (Martyr Island) and "Swaraj-dweep" (Self-rule Island).