<span style="color: #222222;">Padma Awardees today visited National War Memorial in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind had conferred two Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan, and 54 Padma Shri Awards for the year 2022 at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday. Home Ministry said, under an initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for first time Padma Awardees visited National War Memorial. The awardees appreciated the initiative of the government to organize the visit and its efforts to popularize the memorial as a place for people and children to visit in the national capital. The awardees felt that a visit to the memorial will help in inculcating the values of patriotism, devotion to duty, courage, and sacrifice and instill the feeling of nationalism.<br />''<br />''The National War Memorial was dedicated to the Nation by Prime Minister Modi on 25th February 2019. It stands testimony to the sacrifices made by the gallant soldiers since Independence.</span><br />