Screenshot taken from a video shows a CRPF man handling an anti-drone gun in Manipur. (Via X)The state of Manipur has been in the throes of violence since May 2023, causing human misery, deaths, and large-scale displacement of people. The trigger for...
A portrait of Major Ajit Singh, MVC – the hero of 1962 Hot Springs operation. (Photo for India Sentinels collected by Jai Samota via special arrangement) “Let Chinese blood flow at the Hot Springs. We are well prepared, and my men ar...
Havildar Varinder Singh with his “Multipurpose Octocopter” drone. (Photo: X/@dronefed)New Delhi: Havildar Varinder Singh of the Indian Army’s Sikh Regiment has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal by President Droupadi Murmu for his...
A portrait of Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat. During the last phase of the 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units fighting in the North-East Frontier Agency (Nefa), now Arunachal Pradesh, were struggling with an acute shortage of manpower and...
The Rezang-la War Memorial. (Photo collected by Jai Samota through special arrangement.)“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.” ~ Charles WolfeAfter the eight-day battle, which...
Brig Rawind Singh Grewal, MC (C) with Lt Col Bakhtawar Singh, CO 5 Jat, (L) Lt Col Nihal Singh CO 14 J&K Militia (R) and troops of both the units. (Photo courtesy: Devraj Singh Jagat)“The Himalayas had been rudely woken up from their long, ...
An Indian Army sarva dharma sthal.Subedar Major Rachpal Singh was a worried man. The festival of Dussehra was fast approaching and the regimental panditji (priest) was not present in the battalion. He was on a long leave and would not return by the f...
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around India’s debacle in the North-East Frontier Agency.Gener...
Commandos from Indian Parachute Regiment during a Republic Day parade. Not so long ago, we, as Indians, were sure about our military dominance in South Asia. We were proud – and also cocky to an extent – about our status as the &ldqu...