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Will to Fight: The 1962 India-China war operation at Hot Springs
A portrait of Major Ajit Singh, MVC – the hero of 1962 Hot Springs operation. (Photo for India Sentinels collected by Jai Samota via special arrangement) “Let Chinese blood flow at the Hot Springs. We are well prepared, and my men ar...
Battle of Galwan: A lost story from the 1962 India-China war
Chinese troops attacking an Indian Army post at Galwan in 1962. (Photo credit: mymemo.cn99.com)In 1962, China said the establishment of the Indian military post at Galwan was an attempt to grab land by India. Galwan is one of the most-used terms by t...
Brigadier Amar Jit Singh Behl, valiant Indian Army soldier and war hero of 1962, dies at 82
Brigadier Amar Jit Singh Behl. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: Brigadier Amar Jit Singh Behl (retired), one of the Indian Army’s finest soldiers, died after being ill for some time at the Army Command Hospital in Chan...
1962 war hero Major Shaitan Singh’s Rezang-la ‘memorial’ razed in buffer-zone concession to China
The “memorial” erected by 8 Kumaon troops at the spot, in October 2020, where Maj Shaitan Singh’s body was found, in February 1963. (Photo: X/@kstanzinladakh) New Delhi: A memorial erected by Indian soldiers a few years ago on ...
Who was Jaswant Singh Rawat,the soldier who killed over 300 Chinese during 1962 India-China war?
Jaswant Singh RawatTawang: During the last phase of 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units were struggling with a shortage of manpower and ammunition in the eastern sector.On November 17, 1962 Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat’s battalion was s...
‘We Stared in the Eyes of Death’: The 1962 operations in Chushul
The Rezang-la War Memorial. (Photo collected by Jai Samota through special arrangement.)“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.” ~ Charles WolfeAfter the eight-day battle, which...
1962 India-China war: How scholars misled Indians – a case study
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with troops at a forward position during the 1962 India-China war.Dissecting Claude Arpi’s 1962 India-China war claimsDuring my studies on the hitherto obscure aspects of the 1962 India-China war, particularly wi...
Exercise Buland Bharat: With eye on China, military and border-guarding forces recently concluded monthlong joint combat drill in northeast
An artillery gun in action during Exercise Buland Bharat. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force recently concluded a monthlong joint combat exercise in the northeast with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the ...
Nalanda Buddhism conference held at Arunachal Pradesh’s Zemithang
Artists performing during the cultural event during the Nalanda Buddhist conference in Zemithang. (Photo: Defence PRO, Guwahati)Tawang: A national-level conference on Nalanda Buddhism was organized at Gorsam Chorten in beautiful Zemithang valley of T...
‘Death Trap’: The 1962 operations in Galwan-Chang Chenmo sector
Indian Army’s Gorkha troops sitting with China’s PLA troops somewhere in eastern Ladakh (exact location unknown). This photo was taken by a Chinese soldier days before the 1962 war started.“When we were flown into that post, we knew...Results
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