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Paying tribute to one of the greatest warriors of independent India: Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous). Rawat attained Veergati at an age of 21. His stand against the invading Chinese army is bone chilling. #Thread #jaswantsinghrawat 
Born in a traditional Garhwali Rajput family on August 19, 1941, Rawat turned out to be one of the finest examples of Garhwali valour. On Nov 17, 1961, during the battle of Nuranang, Rawat fended of the Chinese army alone for 72 hours. Rawat had captured an enemy MMG with +
2 of his comrades: lance naik Trilok Singh Negi and rifleman Gopal Singh Gusain. Both his comrades attained Veergati while returning after capturing the chinese MMG post. Rawat was also injured, but managed to reunite with his company with the captured weapon. While his company +
