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“ The enemy is just 40 meters away from us, we are out numbered and running out of the ammunition; we need fire upon our own coordinate”,
CAPTAIN B M CARIAPPA
Vir Chakra
5 PARA SF #IndianArmy
#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.
CAPTAIN B M CARIAPPA
Vir Chakra
5 PARA SF #IndianArmy
#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.
“Bofors is a medium artillery gun with a killing range of 300 meters. The splinters will go flying on all direction. Chances are that you guys will not survive either.”
MAJOR GURPREET MADHOK
#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.
#IndianArmy
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar
MAJOR GURPREET MADHOK
#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.
#IndianArmy
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar
“We will not survive in any case sir. We have run out of ammunition and I need the bloody fire here right now.” CAPTAIN CARIAPPA
“Roger! Fire shall be upon you in minutes. Take cover if you can. God bless you”.
MAJOR GURPREET
#Bofors #KargilWar
#UntoldKargilStories #IndianArmy
“Roger! Fire shall be upon you in minutes. Take cover if you can. God bless you”.
MAJOR GURPREET
#Bofors #KargilWar
#UntoldKargilStories #IndianArmy
#RajivGandhi began his political career as ‘Mr Clean’ but this image was shattered by the end of his term in office. Allegations of #corruption first surfaced in April 1987, when kickbacks in government deals were linked to Rajiv. 1/9
Problems started when his Finance Minister V P Singh conducted a series of inquiries and raids into alleged #forex violations of industrialists and other prominent people known to Rajiv. Some were his close friends. Rajiv moved Singh to the Defence Ministry. 2/9
But in April 1987, the Indian Embassy in Bonn sent a letter to Singh informing him that a Rs 30-crore bribe had been paid to middlemen during the purchase of HDW submarines. Singh ordered an inquiry and resigned from the Cabinet in protest. 3/9
#RajivGandhi was barely 40 when he became Prime Minister of #India. #Politics was not his first choice as a career and yet Rajiv, an airline #pilot, found himself in the hot seat after his mother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated in October 1984, when she was PM. 1/13
#IndiaAt75
#IndiaAt75
When Rajiv took over, he had a clean personal and political image. He was non-controversial. His initiation to #politics had taken place on the death of his brother Sanjay. In 1981, Rajiv stood for election from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and won a seat in the Lok Sabha. 2/13
#Terrorism was already raging in Punjab, and in the midst of the 1984 election campaign, #India was hit by the world’s worst industrial disaster. On 3rd December, a poisonous gas leak from American multinational Union Carbide killed 2,000 people in Bhopal. 3/12
#ModernIndia
#ModernIndia
“ The enemy is just 40 meters away from us, we are out numbered and running out of the ammunition; we need fire upon our own coordinate”,
CAPTAIN B M CARIAPPA
5 PARA
Keep it in mind #FreedomisnotFree
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar #KargilHeroes
CAPTAIN B M CARIAPPA
5 PARA
Keep it in mind #FreedomisnotFree
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar #KargilHeroes
“Bofors is a medium artillery gun with a killing range of 300 meters. The splinters will go flying on all direction. Chances are that you guys will not survive either.”
MAJOR GURPREET MADHOK
Keep it in mind #FreedomisnotFree
#IndianArmy
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar
MAJOR GURPREET MADHOK
Keep it in mind #FreedomisnotFree
#IndianArmy
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar
“We will not survive in any case sir. We have run out of ammunition and I need the bloody fire here right now.” CAPTAIN CARIAPPA
“Roger! Fire shall be upon you in minutes. Take cover if you can. God bless you”.
MAJOR GURPREET
#Bofors #KargilWar
#UntoldKargilStories #IndianArmy
“Roger! Fire shall be upon you in minutes. Take cover if you can. God bless you”.
MAJOR GURPREET
#Bofors #KargilWar
#UntoldKargilStories #IndianArmy
Thread alert
This is a verbatim excerpt of an account by Mrs Harsha Oza, wife of India's Ambassador to Sweden when PM Rajiv Gandhi visited Stockholm in 1988, #Bofors was already in the open
The snippet was published in June 1999, last two tweets are SHOCKING!
#AntoniaMaino
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This is a verbatim excerpt of an account by Mrs Harsha Oza, wife of India's Ambassador to Sweden when PM Rajiv Gandhi visited Stockholm in 1988, #Bofors was already in the open
The snippet was published in June 1999, last two tweets are SHOCKING!
#AntoniaMaino
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Sonia Gandhi, together with her children Rahul & Priyanka, accompanied PM Rajiv Gandhi on his official visit to Stockholm in January 1988. As per prescribed protocol, I, Harsha Oza as the wife of Indian Ambassador, was required to escort & accompany Sonia Gandhi
#AntoniaMaino
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#AntoniaMaino
2/
on her visits to art galleries, museums, schools, etc., as per separate programme arranged for her by the Swedish authorities, while Rajiv Gandhi was occupied with his schedule of official meetings & discussions with his counterparts.
#AntoniaMaino
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#AntoniaMaino
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With huge thanks to #UshaLaxman & #SrinivasLaxman, sharing a threat on #Scam1992 through #RKLaxman 's eyes. Hopefully few will be educated on how everybody was covered. But be patient.. will update only one a day
@Moneylifers
@yogtoday
@Moneylifers
@yogtoday
This is when #chidambaram resigned over #Fairgrowth and there was a media frenzy. Eventually only #shankaranand really bowed out of politics. Every other neta escaped as always!
Nothing captures the madness better than this #scam1992 the Special Court continues to hear scam cases 28 yrs later and the Custodian has become a permanent body!! National Embarrassment -- continues in DHFL, PMC, IL&FS ... eventual action meaningless! @Moneylifers
#Father_Son_and_Holy_Ghost
It is birth anniversary of the original #RaGa. #RajivGandhi was born on 20th August. I am inspired to write this after looking at Congress relaunching Rahul in Rajiv mood with a new wig and new set of artificial dentures.
#Part1
It is birth anniversary of the original #RaGa. #RajivGandhi was born on 20th August. I am inspired to write this after looking at Congress relaunching Rahul in Rajiv mood with a new wig and new set of artificial dentures.
#Part1
२१ वर्षांपूर्वी, २६ जुलै १९९९ रोजी भारताने पाकिस्तानी सैन्याने बळकावलेले अखेरचे भारतीय ठाणे पुन्हा काबीज केले #कारगिल युद्ध जिंकले. #कारगिल_विजय_दिवस त्याची थोडक्यात माहिती #Thread
@aparanjape @Girbane @yashodhanpanse #म @adgpi @MandarDiwakar @snigdhaman
@aparanjape @Girbane @yashodhanpanse #म @adgpi @MandarDiwakar @snigdhaman
हिवाळ्यात #कारगिल परिसर राहण्यासाठी अत्यंत प्रतिकूल होत असल्याने दोन्ही देशांचे सैनिक हिवाळ्यात खाली सुरक्षित जागी परतत. व उन्हाळ्यात पुन्हा आपल्या जागी येत. असा करार नसला तरी दोन्ही लष्करांनी ही बाब मान्य केली होती. मात्र, पाकिस्तानने त्याचा भंग केला.
काश्मीरला लडाखशी जोडणाऱ्या या एकमेव रस्त्यावर ताबा मिळविण्याचा पाकिस्तानचा उद्देश होता. ती सामरिकदृष्ट्या मोठी आघाडी ठरली असती. त्यासाठीच पाक लष्कराचे तत्कालिन प्रमुख जनरल #मुशर्रफ यांनी सुमारे ५० हजार सैनिक घुसखोरांच्या वेषात भारतीय हद्दीत धाडले
#Thread #Bofors #Quattrocchi #bribes. Documents showed that A.E. Services was paid 50 463 966 SEK or US$ 7 343 941 98 on September 8 1986. This money was moved to acct. number 18051 in Nordfinanz Bank in Zürich apparently opened only for this transaction 1/n
#Thread #Bofors #Quattrocchi #bribes US$ 7 123, 000 was transferred between September 16th - 29th from the Zürich account to Colbar Investments Ltd at Union Bank in #Geneva. Acct. number 254 561 60 at the disposal of Ottavio and Maria #Quattrocchi 2/n
#Thread #Bofors #Quattrocchi #bribes While he disposed this account #Quattrocchi was working for #Snamprogetti, an #Italian multinational based in #Delhi. To the bank in question in Geneva, HE LEFT NO ADDRESS IN DELHI. THIS IS NEW. 3/n
#Rafale case hearing begins in the #SupremeCourt. Bunch of review petitions and application by the Govt to correct the December judgment to be taken up by the court today.
#Rafale: Petitioner-advocate ML Sharma says all review petitions should be junked since nobody has brought on record the #CAG report on #RafaleDeal, saying the acquisition is economical and proved to be less costly.
#SupremeCourt declines to accept on record a letter given by the Hindu Editor N Ram to Prashant Bhushan regarding #Rafale.
"Please confine your case to the documents already submitted. We are not going to look into any new document at this stage," #CJI tells Bhushan.
"Please confine your case to the documents already submitted. We are not going to look into any new document at this stage," #CJI tells Bhushan.
