Gangtok, Sept. 10 -- Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur flagged off a bike rally of 60 bikers from Raj Bhawan premises to mark the 59th Nathula Vijay Diwas on Wednesday.

The rally will halt at the 17th Mile tonight before proceeding to Nathula, Cho La, and Doklam.

As per a release, Major General M.S. Rathore, General Officer Commanding of 17th Mountain Division, was also present at the flag-off ceremony. Governor Mathur is scheduled to attend the main Vijay Diwas programme at Nathula on Wednesday.

This day, earlier observed as Nathu la Day, has from this year been renamed as Nathu la Vijay Diwas to pay tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1967 Indo-China conflict.

The Nathu La and Cho La clashes, also known as the Indo-C...