IMPHAL, Sept 25: The People`™s Liberation Army observed its 37th rising day today.
A statement of the Revoluntionary People`™s Front said the day was observed at the PLA`™s general headquarters, tactical commands, strategic commands, 252 mobile battalions and its unit, departments, stations, and at the party`™s Central Bureau, SR-1, SR-2, SR-3, SR-4 and at other locations.
The party`™s flag was unfurled as part of the observation, it said.
The statement continued the divisions 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 under the central bureau of the party along with people of the land also observed the day by hanging the red stars of the PLA in several parts of the State.
President of the RPF Irengbam Chaoren also sent out his address to the people of the land, the statement said.
It said the president had said today`™s Manipur was carved out by our ancestors who wielded swords and spears crafted from iron found in the land.
Remembering the sacrifices of the ancestors to safeguard the land, he said the ancestors had fought on several occasions with neighbouring Myanmar and the mighty British to protect the land, it said.
The statement also called upon the communities residing in Manipur since time immemorial to remain united for the land and work towards development and peaceful co-existence.