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BSF, Pakistan Rangers celebrate floral Holi at Wagah border

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Press Trust of India Attari (Amritsar)
Last Updated : Mar 24 2016 | 9:32 PM IST
Border-guarding forces of India and Pakistan celebrated Holi at the Wagah international border here today.
The Border Security Force personnel and Pakistan Rangers celebrated the festival with flowers at Zero line (Joint Check Post) of Attari, DIG (Punjab Frontier) of BSF, Sumer Singh said.
He said BSF soldiers went to the Zero Line and Pakistan Rangers came forward to greet the guarding men from India.
The DIG said that this is "first time" in the India-Pakistan history that both the forces played Holi with each other at International Border, setting up a "new precedent".
BSF soldiers carrying plates with them containing flowers and rose petals showered them on Pakistan Rangers who reciprocated the gesture.
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Meanwhile, BSP personnel and Pakistan Rangers also
exchanged greeting on the occasion of Holi at the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan's Bikarner district.

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First Published: Mar 24 2016 | 9:32 PM IST

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