I read the trials and tribulations of Maj Rastogi OC 7 Brigade Signal Company, with amusement and nostalgia. I had commanded the same compan...

Khemkaran My story begins in May 1965, when I was asked to move to Ambala on Temporary Duty. Immediately on arrival, Lt Col R C Rawat, CO, o...

Patrolling 2003: Photo The Tribune The road to Tawang The only road available as line of communication for operations in Keming Division was...

The fact is that on the 19th evening India had no plan to attack across the river Namak Chu, If there was any plan, it was that of the Chine...

Narrated by Gen Kahlon: Continued from earlier post The Escape There was another bridge short of the bridge at Bleeting, this was guarded by...

Beyond India Lost Between the Two Tracks It was nightfall now, darkness comes suddenly in the mountains and we stopped unable to proceed fur...

Soldiers Epitaph General Kahlon narration (ref post dated 17 June 2008) Medical Aid post Next day in the night 19th/ 20th oct 1962 we heard ...

Dear Lakshman I am grateful to you for letting me go through the Signals Story. It is an excellent personal account by a Brigade Signals Off...

IV Corps Signals at TEZPUR As Sparrow of 7 Brigade I had no idea as to what was happening at the twice- removed Corps HQ in so far as Signal...

Tawang Monastery Inaccurate Maps Suddenly our role was changed from defence of Tawang, the Divisional Vital Ground, to evict the Chinese fro...

The scene now shifts to the October 20th morning when the Chinese launched a massive attack on the 7 Inf Brigade. A soldiers version, Bhairo...

Karpola Pass Looking Down from the Summit at 16000 feet photograph taken on 6th October 1962 One was Breathless, Sleepless, Hungry and Tired...