On Army Day today (January 15) when Captain Tania Shergill of Corps of Signals led an all-male contingent, she became the first woman officer to have achieved the feat. She has been named as the parade adjutant for Republic Day as well.

Shergill, a fourth-generation woman army officer, has been named as a parade adjutant for the Republic Day as well. She is an electronicsand communications graduate and was commissioned from the Officer Training Academy,Chennai on March, 2017.

Both her father and grandfather have served in the Army. Herfather was in 101 Medium Regiment (Artillery) while her grandfather was in the14th Armed Regiment (Scinde Horse). Interestingly, her great grandfather was inthe Sikh Regiment.

During Republic Day parade in 2019, Captain Bhavna Kasturiwas the first woman officer to have led an all-men contingent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovindtook to Twitter to congratulate the Indian Army on this day. PM Modi wrote,"The Army is the pride of India. On the occasion of Army Day, I salute theindomitable courage, gallantry and valour of all the soldiers of thecountry."

President Kovind said, "On Army Day, greetings to thevaliant men and women of the Indian Army, to the veterans and to theirfamilies. You are our nation’s pride, the sentinels of our liberty. Yourimmense sacrifice has secured our sovereignty, brought glory to our nation andprotected our people. Jai Hind!"

Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year in India inrecognition of Field Marshal Kodandera M Cariappa taking over as the firstCommander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, thelast British Commander-in-Chief of India in the year 1949.