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Join me in paying homage to
BRIGADIER RAJINDER SINGH
2 J&K STATE FORCES
MAHA VIR CHAKRA
on his birth anniversary today.
He immortalized fighting paki raiders in 1947 and is the first recipient of any gallantry award in Independent India.
#KnowYourHeroes
#VeerYatra
BRIGADIER RAJINDER SINGH
2 J&K STATE FORCES
MAHA VIR CHAKRA
on his birth anniversary today.
He immortalized fighting paki raiders in 1947 and is the first recipient of any gallantry award in Independent India.
#KnowYourHeroes
#VeerYatra
With just 100 DOGRA troops, BRIGADIER RAJINDER SINGH defended J&K against 6000 pakis at Uri for four days in 1947.
Had he not been deceived by his own troops, who joined hands with the raiders, there would have been no POK today.
#KnowYourHeroes
#DOGRA
#VeerYatra
Had he not been deceived by his own troops, who joined hands with the raiders, there would have been no POK today.
#KnowYourHeroes
#DOGRA
#VeerYatra
BRIGADIER RAJINDER SINGH when immortalized himself, he left behind his wife and five daughters.
#BrigadierRajinderSingh is rightly known as the #saviourofKashmir.
#KnowYourHeroes
#BrigadierRajinderSingh is rightly known as the #saviourofKashmir.
#KnowYourHeroes
Today on birth anniversary of #BrigadierRajinderSingh , born to Subedar Lakha Singh of Village #Bagoona, Samba, Jammu on 14th June 1899.
He was Chief of Military Staff of the JK State Forces, & the first #MahaveerChakra Awardee of Independent India. #SaviourOfKashmir
He was Chief of Military Staff of the JK State Forces, & the first #MahaveerChakra Awardee of Independent India. #SaviourOfKashmir
* 22nd October the Princely State of Jammu Kashmir comes under Pakistani attack.
* After the fall of Muzzafarabad Brigadier Rajinder Singh and his gallant men leave Badami Bagh Cantonment for the front at Uri-Domel border on the fateful night of 22nd Oct
* After the fall of Muzzafarabad Brigadier Rajinder Singh and his gallant men leave Badami Bagh Cantonment for the front at Uri-Domel border on the fateful night of 22nd Oct
"to hold the enemy on the Muzzafarabad-Uri road until the arrival of Indian troops".
The men of the JK State Forces under the courageous leadership of Brigadier Rajinder Singh held the advancing hordes for 3 days before they could reach Baramulla.
#JKHeroes #DograWarriors
The men of the JK State Forces under the courageous leadership of Brigadier Rajinder Singh held the advancing hordes for 3 days before they could reach Baramulla.
#JKHeroes #DograWarriors
Brigadier Rajinder Singh, was born on 14th June 1899 to Subedar Lakha Singh in Bagoona, Samba, #Jammu Brig Rajinder Singh, Chief of Military Staff, JK State Forces & the first MahaVeer Chakra Awardee of Independent India is also known as the #SaviourOfKashmir
A brief timeline of his unparalleled contribution to keep Jammu Kashmir from falling into the hands of Pakistan in October 1947 -
* 22nd October the Princely State of Jammu Kashmir comes under Pakistani attack.
* 22nd October the Princely State of Jammu Kashmir comes under Pakistani attack.
* After the fall of Muzzafarabad Brigadier Rajinder Singh and his gallant men leave Badami Bagh Cantonment for the front at Uri-Domel border on the fateful night of 22nd Oct "to hold the enemy on the Muzzafarabad-Uri road until the arrival of Indian troops".
