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The Battle of #Longewala was one of the first major battles in the Western Sector during #IndoPakWar1971. #Longewala is 16 km from the IB in the Thar Desert in #Rajasthan & the lone road to #Jaisalmer via Ramgarh emanated from here. (1/n)
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#Longewala was held by a platoon of 14 BSF. However due to the looming war clouds, 'A' Compony, 23 PUNJAB under Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri was deployed in Oct 71. The rest of 23 PUNJAB (part of 45 Infantry Brigade) was deployed at Sadhewala.(2/n)
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On 03 Dec #Pak 51 Brigade Group began to advance with 38 Cavalry & 22 Cavalry to capture Ramgarh & #Jaisalmer respectively. While the two armoured regiments reached Gabar (inside #Pak) by 0100h on 04 Dec, the rest of the forces could not. (3/n)
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