Mysuru: If thirty-year-old Major Khushboo Kanwar, daughter of a bus conductor from Jaipur in Rajasthan created history by commanding the all-woman contingent of the Assam Rifles in the 70th Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi yesterday, M.R. Chandana, the daughter of a tea vendor in Mysuru, made the city proud as she marched along with the NCC contingent at the Parade.
While Major Khushboo led the all-women contingent of the Assam Rifles (it was for the first time in the history of Assam Rifles, the oldest Paramilitary Force that an all-woman contingent participated), it was a matter of pride and privilege for Chandana as she was the only female participant from Mysuru from the Army Wing to be a part of the historic event.
