Col Alok Mathur, SM

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    Sino-India War – 1967 (Sikkim-Tibet Zone)

    After the first Sino-India War of 1962, the wounded Indian Army needed expansion and modern weapons. As many as seven Mountain Divisions were raised and...
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    Maldives: The drift away from India

    On 30 September 2023, Presidential election was held in the Islamic Republic of Maldives and surprisingly, an anti-Indian opposition candidate, Mohamed Muizze of People’s National...
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    Valour sagas of Bangladesh Liberation War

    Pakistan can never forget the humiliation of 16 December 1971, when Indian forces entered Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan and accepted the unconditional surrender...
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    Tank Battles of Indo-Pak War, 1965: Operation Nepal

    After the Indian debacle during the Indo-China War, 1962, then Indian PM Pandit Nehru realised that the Indian defence forces required an overhaul and upgrading....
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    Zorawar: The Mountain Tank

    Indian Army has required a light tank since the Kargil War 1999 and Doklam stand-off of 2017 to equip its Sikkim corps, Ladakh corps and...
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    Brigadier Pritam Singh: The Saviour of Poonch

    This is a true story of a brave and resilient soldier, Brigadier Pritam Singh, MC who commanded 1 Para (Kumaon) in the Battle of Shalateng...
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    1965 War: The Valour and the Victory

    After the Sino India War of 1962, Pakistan think tanks concluded that military solution to Kashmir was a possibility as they were equipped with modern...