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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...
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...
‘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...
INS Dronacharya to be awarded prestigious President’s Colour
New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s Kochi-based gunnery school, INS Dronacharya, will be awarded the prestigious President’s Colour by the president, Droupadi Murmu, on Thursday, the Navy said in a media release. The President’s Colour or ...
‘Gateway to Hell’: The 1962 operation in Daulat Beg Oldie
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, ...
‘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...
DefExpo 2022: NCC cadets showcase tech innovations for the first time ever
NCC cadets from Bihar and Jharkhand with former DRDO chief G Sateesh ReddyGandhinagar: In a first, National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets of Bihar & Jharkhand Directorate participated as exhibitors during the 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and d...
1962 India-China War – 1: The reality of a military defeat
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around India’s debacle in the North-East Frontier Agency.Gener...
Colonel Santosh Babu, hero of Galwan, may get Maha Vir Chakra posthumously
Colonel Santosh Babu.New Delhi: Acknowledging the valour of Colonel Santosh Babu, who was killed in action during a brawl with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley last year, the government is likely to award him posthumously with t...Results
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