Her Father Died In J&K 20 Years Ago, She Now Joins Army Wearing His Uniform
NDTV
Lieutenant Inayat Vats was commissioned into the Indian Army on Saturday, 20 years after her father, Major Navneet Vats, was killed in action in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lieutenant Inayat Vats was commissioned into the Indian Army on Saturday, 20 years after her father, Major Navneet Vats, was killed in action in Jammu and Kashmir. “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫”#OTAChennai#PassingOutParadeInayat was barely three years, when she lost her father Major Navneet Vats in a counter insurgency operation.More than two decades later, she gets commissioned into… pic.twitter.com/AiIBUpfc1J
She was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Corps after undergoing training at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.
At the passing out parade, Ms Vats donned the same olive green uniform that her father -- whom she lost when she was just aged three -- once wore.