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...
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...
Sheep grazing in Ladakh. (File photo for representation.) New Delhi: Indian graziers confronted Chinese troops in Skakjung (also called Kokzhung) in eastern Ladakh near the line of actual control (LAC) earlier this month, a post on X by a counci...
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 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...
Brig Rawind Singh Grewal, MC (C) with Lt Col Bakhtawar Singh, CO 5 Jat, (L) Lt Col Nihal Singh CO 14 J&K Militia (R) and troops of both the units. (Photo courtesy: Devraj Singh Jagat)“The Himalayas had been rudely woken up from their long, ...
The Pangong lake in Ladakh. (Photo: Twitter)New Delhi: India has lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points near the line of actual control in eastern Ladakh, several media reports citing the contents of a research paper said. The reports said Leh’s s...
Indian Army and PLA soldiers during a meeting near the LAC in northern sector. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: India and China held their 17th round of corps commander-level talks to resolve the ongoing stand-off between the militaries of the two count...
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...