Here's wishing Happy #WalongDay to the heroes of 6 KUMAON.
They went to their deaths heroically & steadfastly, without any fuss this day in 1962.
Just so that a General could please a PM on his birthday.
This day in 1962 - The only attack of the war by Indian army was launched - As a birthday gift from a general to a PM.
A heavy price was paid by the Kumaonis of 6 Kumaon that night. #WalongDay
Denied even one day to prepare for the attack, they went in as ordered.
Out of the over 200 men that had gone into the attack, only 90 returned. #WalongDay
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This attack in Manipur, ever since the news broke, has been playing on my mind. I'm sure I won't be the only one who has been taken aback by what transpired earlier today.
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I think the reason is not that soldiers were killed in this attack, but instead that the wife and child of the Commanding Officer too were killed.
Now this is not to say that the loss of the five soldiers is any less than that of the lady and the kid. Far from it, in fact.
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Each and every soldier lost is one too many. However, it is also a fact that they willingly put their lives on the line as part of their service to the Motherland.
Yet, fact remains that none of their family members have been targetted in the insurgency in the North-East before
So this tweet was brought to my notice some days ago.
I was glad to note that my handle too figures in the list of those that have been recently attacked by the Chinese cyber army and propaganda operatives!
Today marks 73 years since this 'Blood Soaked Giant' rose to hold on to HIS land in Richhmar Gali.
Here's the excerpt of that day's battle from the official history of the 1947-48 War published by the MoD.
Yes, these are the exact words used in the official history!
L/Nk Karam Singh receiving the Param Vir Chakra from Dr Rajendra Prasad on the Republic Day in 1950
His PVC citation.
The word CRAZY doesn't come anywhere close to describing the bloody melee on the day that he earned his place in history
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On this day 33 years ago, Hav Pandurang Kakfale, deployed with his battalion in IPKF, was one of the section commanders of the company tasked to assault and capture Maruthnamadam town.
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The enemy offered stiff resistance, and Kakfale was soon wounded.
Unmindful of his injuries, he continued leading his section and personally destroyed a bunker housing a machine gun that had stalled their advance.