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Gunners’ Day: Let’s know about Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery
Bofors 155mm artillery guns firing at enemy positions during the 1999 Kargil conflict. (File photo) “Sarvatra Izzat-o-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory)” ~ Regiment of Artillery MottoGunners’ Day, celebrated annually...
Will to Fight: The 1962 India-China war operation at Hot Springs
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...
Battle of Galwan: A lost story from the 1962 India-China war
Chinese troops attacking an Indian Army post at Galwan in 1962. (Photo credit: mymemo.cn99.com)In 1962, China said the establishment of the Indian military post at Galwan was an attempt to grab land by India. Galwan is one of the most-used terms by t...
‘We Stared in the Eyes of Death’: The 1962 operations in Chushul
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...
‘Death Trap’: The 1962 operations in Galwan-Chang Chenmo sector
Indian Army’s Gorkha troops sitting with China’s PLA troops somewhere in eastern Ladakh (exact location unknown). This photo was taken by a Chinese soldier days before the 1962 war started.“When we were flown into that post, we knew...
‘Gateway to Hell’: The 1962 operation in Daulat Beg Oldie
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, ...
‘Fire Till Eternity’: The story of Major Shyamal Dev Goswami
Second Lieutenant Shyamal Dev Goswami. Shyamal Dev Goswami was born on November 6, 1938, in a Bengali family from Meerut, in – what is now – Uttar Pradesh. He was a shy but friendly child who used to write rhymes and loved music in h...
In Mizoram, Assam Rifles and excise & narcotics department recover methamphetamine worth over ₹3.33 crore
Assam Rifles soldiers pose with the seized meth tablets and the couriers. (Photo: Assam Rifles)Aizawl: In a major drug haul in Mizoram, the Aizawl Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the excise & narcotics departmen...
1962 India-China War – 1: The reality of a military defeat
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...
Indian Army chief Gen Naravane calls on Nepali Prime Minister Oli
Nepali PM Oli and Indian Army chief Gen Naravane in KathmanduKathmandu: Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Friday paid a courtesy call on Nepali prime minister KP Sharma Oli.He was accompanied by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay M Kwatra and other ...Results
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