To mark the Tri-Services day Veterans Day, the defense forces will conduct a parade on Sunday, January 8 morning at Marine Drive in south Mumbai, a Defense press release said. 

The Tri-Services Veterans Day, celebrated every year on January 14 to honour the contributions of Veterans and also mark the day when in 1953 Field Marshal KM Cariappa, OBE, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army post independence, hung his uniform after a glorious service to the nation, it said.