Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens.
PM Modi Greece Visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Athens, the capital of Greece today, after attending the BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa. PM Modi was accorded a grand welcome by Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis at Athens airport. PM Modi will meet Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis today to discuss several important issues. Before this meeting, PM Modi visited the Unknown Soldier Tomb in Athens and paid tribute. In this news, it is told that what is the Unknown Soldier Tomb and which country first made such a tomb (First Unknown Soldier Tomb).
According to media reports, whenever there is a war between countries, many soldiers get martyred. There are some soldiers whose names are not even mentioned in the history. To pay respect to such soldiers, many countries have built the Unknown Soldier Tomb. Turning the pages of history, it is known that Korea first built the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1592 to honor the martyrdom of the unknown soldiers. This mausoleum was built in Jinju, Korea. It is said that a proposal to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came to the fore to pay respect to the unknown soldiers who died in the First World War. Greece worked on this and seeing Greece, other countries also adopted the idea of building an unknown soldier’s tomb.
Greece voted to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
According to media reports, Russia had voted in 1919 to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In fact, during the First World War many soldiers were killed who were not even identified. This led to the decision of the British and French armies to bury the bodies themselves. A priest is said to have suggested that there should be a national level memorial for the symbolic funeral of the Unknown Warrior. Russia also felt that it was necessary to mobilize public opinion on this. An official at Le Souvenir Français came up with the idea of burying “an unknown soldier”.
The bill was formally introduced in the Russian Parliament in November 1918. Voting took place in September 1919, after which this approval was received. After this, symbolic tombs of the unknown soldier started being built in other countries as well. The US unveiled the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1921. There are many countries including Portugal, Italy, where even today such mausoleums and monuments have been built to honor the martyrdom of unknown soldiers. Click here for news related to PM Modi’s Athens visit…
