led his men with the battle cry "Raja Ramchandra ki Jai"
to capture TOLOLING TOP at Drass in Kargil.
It was one of the pivotal battle of the #KargilWar.
MAJOR VIVEK GUPTA & men led by him were able to close in with the enemy inspite of heavy artillary and automatic fire.
As soon as they emerged in open they came under multidirectional intense fire. 3 personal of the leading section were hit and the attack was temporarily stalled.
SUBEDAR BHANWAR LAL BHAKAR
2 RAJRIF
was successful in destroying the first enemy bunker. After a while in the fierce firefight Bhanwar Lal received bullets in his forehead and immortalized himself.
He was later decorated with VIR CHAKRA.
In last letter that MAJOR VIVEK GUPTA penned to his family on 8th June, he said
“You should feel proud of me . . .I am contributing something for the nation in this uniform I have worn . . being a company commander at this time is the greatest experience one can have.” @Vedmalik1
Spark in the eyes of Sudhir Walia was palpable from his childhood only.
While clicking this photo neither parents nor the photographer would have thought that this little boy is going to be the RAMBO of INDIAN ARMY in the coming days.
SQUADRON LEADER AJJAMADA BOPAYYA DEVAYYA flying the Mystere aircraft was intercepted by a Pakistani supersonic F-104 Star-Fighter and DEVAYYA proved that it’s the flying skills & determination that matters more than the superior aircraft.
The paki pilot of F-104 first fired an air-to-air Sidewinder missile, which Squadron Leader Devayya successfully evaded and the missile hit the ground.
However, by virtue of its faster acceleration, the F-104 rapidly closed in on the Mystere and fired a burst of its 20 mm multibarrel cannon and succedded in damaging Squadron Leader Devayya's Mystere.
“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
A mother’s homage to her warrior son.
Vijay Aunty paying homage to her son CAPTAIN SAURAV KALIA who on May 15 in 1999 led a patrol of five Jawans of 4 JAT to Bajrang Post in Kaksar sector of Kargil.
Saurav & his men were ambushed and captured once they ran out of ammunition.
Apart from CAPTAIN SAURAV KALIA, five other Jawans of 4 JAT who were part of the patrol towards Bajrang Post were :
CAPTAIN AMIT BHARDWAJ |4 JAT | led a team of 30 soldiers to search missing patrol of CAPTAIN SAURAV. When ambushed near Bajrang Post Captain Amit managed to update his seniors & was told to retrieve.
Captain Amit ordered all his troops to return & stayed there to give cover fire.