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Salute our heroes
salute our heroes
Bravehearts of India
Unsung Heroes: The Ice Warriors Unsung Heroes: The Ice Warriors
Major General Mrinal Suman, AVSM, VSM, PhD, commanded an Engineer Regiment on the Siachen Glacier, the most hostile battlefield in the world.
99Namgyl of the 9 Gorkha Rifles 99 Namgyl of the 9 Gorkha Rifles
Remembering the names of a battalion of jawans was impossibile. But the Gorkhas found a unique solution by adding the last two digits of their army number to their names
Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla
He helped guide as many of his crew as he could – 67 – to safety before calmly electing to go down with his ship, INS Khukri, and 194 of his men.
Colonel Chewang Rinchen Colonel Chewang Rinchen
He used hand grenades and bayonets to attack the enemy, often collecting not only rifles and bullets from the fleeing Pakistani troops, but also the food necessary to sustain his Nunnus.
Down on the border
Living on the edge in Kashmir Pigeons and Pakistan
Only man-made divisions separate friends who live on either side of the border.
A Himalayan blunder A Himalayan blunder
Large tracts of Arunachal Pradesh are shown as Chinese territory in maps officially certified by the Survey of India.
R-day updates
18 tableaux from 12 states
INS Jalashwa on display
Bravery award for Delhi boy
No R-day in Pakistan
INS Trishul affiliated to JAT
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Your Say
Your Say
All over the world, nations celebrate the men who lay down their lives for the country. Are our Forces getting their due in India? Tell us.
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'Jai Jawan'
The first Param Vir Chakra
Mrs Savitiri Khanolkar, born Eva Yvonne Linda Maday-de-Maros to a Russian mother and a Hungarian father, was asked to design India's first ever bravery medals.
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How the IAF saved J&K twice!
The crucial role that the Air Force fighters like the Spitfires and the Tempests played in 1947 and how the transport fleet saved Ladakh in 1962 are tales of valour that aren't as well known.
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The 1971 war: Lessons unlearnt
Time was when the status equations of service officers with their IAS and IPS counterparts were commensurate with their respective responsibilities. Sadly, after every war, this equation has been downgraded.
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