It may be noted that Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan was also present in the program as Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Dhami paid tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the line of duty at the Shaurya Sthal War Memorial in Dehradun. Gave tribute Armed Forces Veterans Day is being celebrated at nine places across the country by the three service headquarters at Juhunjhunu, Jalandhar, Panagarh, New Delhi, Dehradun, Chennai, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar and Mumbai, according to a government release.