The flame of the immortal Indian warrior
JASWANTGARH (TAWANG): He is served bed tea at 4.30am, breakfast at 9am and dinner at 7pm. Five Army soldiers are at his service round-the-clock. There are no chores to be done. Life couldn’t be more comfortable for ‘Baba’ Jaswant Singh Rawat… but for the fact that he is no more.
Baba was captured by the Chinese way back in 1962 and hanged at the spot where his memorial stands today.
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Meanwhile | Manoj Anand
Guwahati: Indian Army may have been reluctant to debate the debacles of the 1962 India-China war, fought in the Kameng sector of Arunachal Pradesh, but they have not forgotten their war heroes. After constructing a huge war memorial at Tawang, acknowledging the sacrifice of 2,420 soldiers, the Indian Army has now completed the renovation work of memorial of Nyukmadong battle. The battle was started on November 18, 1962 between 62 Infantry Brigade, which was carrying out a tactical withdrawal from Sela under the command of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, and the Chinese forces that had infiltrated from both east and west across Sela.
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4 Mar 2008, 1321 hrs IST,PTI
WAGAH: After having languished in a Pakistani jail for about 35 years, Kashmir Singh on Tuesday crossed over to India to an emotional reunion with his wife at the border post at Wagah.
The 67-year-old Indian, who had been arrested in 1973 in Pakistan on charges of espionage and was on the death row in a jail in Lahore, crossed over on Tuesday afternoon ( Watch ).
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A new medical college, Army College of Medical Sciences (ACMS), Delhi Cantt is to commence its first MBBS course in the next academic sesion. ACMS, affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasth University, Delhi has been established under the aegis of Army Welfare Education Society (AWES).
This college is for wards of Army personnel, including Short Service officers who have served the Army for ten years. Children of officers from Army Medical and Dental Corps presently serving in the Airforce or Navy but have served the Army for 10 years and are members of Army Officers Benevolent Fund will also be eligible to apply. Similarly wards of Military Nursing Services and Army Postal Service who have served in the Army for ten years are also eligible.
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To mark the 97th anniversary of the Corps of Signals, the “Information Warriors” of the Indian Army, presented a colourful daring display of martial arts (Taekwondo, Kalaripayattu), and motorcycle stunts and their latest communication equipment, yesterday.
Corps of Signals is responsible for planning, establishing and managing entire Information and Communication Technology (ICT) set up for the Indian Army. The ICT infrastructure apart from catering for the communication requirements for conventional operations also provides communication support to our forces involved in Counter Insurgency operations, United Nation Missions and for emergency communications during natural calamities.
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