Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today paid floral tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil war. <br />'' <br />'' Chief Minister laid the wreath at the War Memorial in the Bougainvillea Garden at Chandigarh, with glowing tributes to the heroic acts of the soldiers, including the 54 brave sons of Punjab, who laid their lives during the Kargil Operations. <br />'' <br />'' Remembering their sacrifices on the Kargil Vijay Divas, Captain Amarinder exhorted the youth to follow their ideals to uphold the country's sovereignty and integration, besides imbuing themselves with a spirit of patriotism and nationalism. <br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, Director Defence Services, Brig. Satinder Singh apprised the Chief Minister that such commemorative functions were also being simultaneously held at Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur, to honour the next of kin and veer naris of the 54 Kargil heroes of Punjab. <br />''