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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...
On Navy Day, PM Modi says Indian Navy’s ranks to be renamed to reflect country’s tradition
PM Narendra Modi during his Navy Day speech at Malvan, Sindhudurg.Malvan (Sindhudurg, Maharashtra): The prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced that ranks of the Indian Navy will be renamed to junk “slave mentality” and bring them in ali...
INS Nireekshak awarded on-the-spot Navy chief’s Unit Citation for undertaking challenging deep-sea diving and salvage operations
Admiral R Hari Kumar interacting with officers and sailors on board INS Nireekshak. (Photo: Indian Navy)Kochi: The chief of the naval staff, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar visited INS Nireekshak at Kochi, on Monday, where, impressed by the ship and...
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Why India celebrates ‘Vijay Diwas’ on December 16?
Pakistan’s Lt Gen AAK Niazi (right) signing the instrument of surrender under the direction of Indian Army’s Eastern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen JS Arora (left) in Dhaka, on December 16, 1971.India and Bangladesh celebrate Vijay Diwas on Dece...
1971 India-Pakistan War: Battle of Longewala – a revisit
A captured Pakistani tank on display at Longewala near where the battle took place.The Indian Army celebrated “Parakram Diwas” on December 5 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of its victory over Pakistan in the Battle of Longewala durin...
Indian Navy Day 2022: In a first, official celebrations held out of Delhi
President Droupadi Murmu during the official Navy Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: Rashtrapati Bhavan/Twitter) New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: India celebrated its Navy Day for 2022 on Sunday. The official celebrations led by President Droupa...
‘Fire Till Eternity’: The story of Major Shyamal Dev Goswami
Second Lieutenant Shyamal Dev Goswami. Shyamal Dev Goswami was born on November 6, 1938, in a Bengali family from Meerut, in – what is now – Uttar Pradesh. He was a shy but friendly child who used to write rhymes and loved music in h...
What is Infantry Day and why is it celebrated on October 27?
Indian Army celebrates Infantry Day on October 27. New Delhi: In order to commemorate the landing of first Indian infantry soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir who took part in an action for defending Indian territory from Pakistani invaders, Indian ...
INS Vikrant: India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier commissioned
Kochi: India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier (IAC-1) was commissioned in the Indian Navy as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant on Friday. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, commissioned the warship at Cochin Shipyard Limited here in th...
Kargil Vijay Diwas: To celebrate or introspect?
Indian soldiers praying before going to the Battle of Tololing, which took place between June 10–13, 1999, during the Kargil War. (Photo via Twitter/@JoBeingJoe)India seems to have entered a zone of celebrations these days. With the Narendra Mo...Results
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