Col. Alok Mathur, SM, (veteran) JC 4547 Subedar Joginder Singh was the commander of 11 Platoon of Delta company of 1 Sikh. The unit was located at Jaipur Rajasthan and suddenly got move orders to move to NEFA (North East Frontier Agency) now known as Arunachal Pradesh. In last week of Sept 1962. The unit concentrated at Missamari Cantt near Tezpur (Assam) across mighty … [Read more...] about Hero of Bum La: Subedar Joginder Singh
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India-Pakistan War-1965: From Gibralter to Tashkent
Col. Alok Mathur, SM, (Retired) After the Sino-India War of 1962, Pakistan think tanks concluded that military solution to Kashmir was a possibility as they were equipped with modern American Weapons like M 47/48 Patton tanks, F86 Sabre and F104 Star Fighter aircrafts that had been given to them under the Mutual Defence Assistance agreement with United States through the … [Read more...] about India-Pakistan War-1965: From Gibralter to Tashkent
Remembering Operation Gibralter
Dr. Simrit Kahlon Infiltration of Pakistani Mercenaries into Kashmir Sixty years back, in this time of the year, Pakistan made yet another attempt to wrest Kashmir from India. On August, 05, 1965, two young shepherds, Mohammad Din (In the vicinity of Gulmarg) and Wazir Mohommad (In the Mendhar sector) were approached by suspicious looking men in “Salwar Kameez’ and … [Read more...] about Remembering Operation Gibralter
Heroes of India-Pakistan War – 1971
Col Alok Mathur, SM (Veteran) 53 Years ago, A new Nation emerged on the World Map. Pakistan can never forget the humiliation of 16 December1971, when Indian forces entered Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan and unconditional surrender of almost four division strong Pak Army Eastern theatre command led by Lt General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi was accepted by Lt General … [Read more...] about Heroes of India-Pakistan War – 1971
25th Anniversary of the Kargil War: Remembrance, Celebration and Introspection
Jaibans Singh The fifth round of conflict between India and Pakistan was fought in the heights of Kargil, now a part of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. Code named Operation Vijay by India and Operation Al Badr by Pakistan, the war lasted for 83 days from 3 May 1999 to 26 July 1999. The short and intense war ended with a decisive victory for India. The war was … [Read more...] about 25th Anniversary of the Kargil War: Remembrance, Celebration and Introspection