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...
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...
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 ...
Maj Gen MS Mokha at Rezang La Memorial Leh: Fire and Fury Corps Chief of Staff Major General MS Mokha on Saturday paid tributes to the 114 Bravehearts of the Chushul Brigade at the Rezang La Memorial, on the occasion of the 61st Anniversary of t...
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, skipped the G20 summit that was held in New Delhi recently. This is something he hasn’t done since taking over the presidency of China, in 2012. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, he attended the summit virtua...
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...
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...
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...
Pradeep M Kurulkar. (Photo via DRDO website)Pune/New Delhi: The Maharashtra anti-terror squad arrested senior Defence Research and Development Organization scientist Pradeep M Kurulkar, on Thursday, for allegedly passing highly sensitive defence-rela...
Shillong: The Assam Rifles Commander’s Conference was conducted in Shillong from April 8-9, wherein the top brass discussed ways to further improving the operational and administrative efficiency.Chaired by Assam Rifles Director General Lieuten...