Navy Week Celebrations Begin

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“The Indian Navy attacked the Karachi harbour and devastated it on December 4, 1971, during the Indo-Pakistan war for liberation of Bangladesh. It has been celebrating the victory at sea every year,” said Rear Admiral T. Sudhakar after lighting a lamp to mark the launch of ‘Pratibimb-11', a painting contest for schoolchildren, as part of the Navy Week celebrations with civilian population on Sunday.[/font][/color]
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Talking to mediapersons on the occasion, he said the painting contest was the first and foremost event organised by the Eastern Naval Command for kick-starting the Navy Week Celebrations-2011. The event provided the Navy an opportunity to interact with civilian schoolchildren and their parents.[/font][/color]
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Nearly 1,400 schoolchildren from government and private schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas, in the district participated.[/font][/color]

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The competitions were held under three categories — senior, junior, and sub-junior. For the seniors, the subject was ‘Men in White: Defenders of Indian Seas and Coasts', for the juniors it was ‘Environment pollution and water conservation'. For sub-juniors, the themes given were ‘Sailboats at sea' and ‘Landscapes from sea'.[/font][/color]
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Fifty children from special schools also participated in the painting contest. The speech and hearing impaired children were asked to paint on the themes ‘Peace, Harmony, and Nature'. The differently-abled were free to paint on a topic of their choice.[/font][/color]
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A panel of four eminent artists from the Naval community evaluated the paintings and short-listed five best paintings from each category. In all, 15 prizes will be given in all the three categories. Awards for the winners will be presented on board a Naval ship during the ‘Day at Sea' programme on November 22.[/font][/color]
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The month-long festivities, comprising over 18 activities, are scheduled to culminate with the Navy Day celebrations on December 4.[/font][/color]
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