Amit K Paul
Siachen: Baisakhi & Meghdoot
It was only fortuitous that India launched Operation Meghdoot on 13th April 1984 thereby successfully pre-empting Pakistan from occupying the Saltoro Heights on 1st May 1984 as per its plan.…
The Cloud Messengers of Siachen
Between 1980 and 1983 shadow mountaineering was underway on the peaks in and around the Siachen Glacier with both India and Pakistan sending reconnaissance patrols to the region. Additionally Pakistan…
The Long March to Siachen
The Crucial Meeting After preliminary discussions with Gen. A S Vaidya, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) around 9th of February 1984, a crucial meeting was called by the Northern…
Cracking the Siachen Walnut
Walnuts, also known as ‘doon’ in Kashmiri and ‘akhrot’ in Hindi are found in large numbers in the Valley. Vonth, Kaghazi and Barzul are three local varieties of Kashmiri walnuts…
Grad-P on the Bilafond La in April 1984
Despite drone warfare and other technological advancements in this field it is widely accepted that the Russian artillery and its traditional artillery practices played a pivotal role in creating havoc…
Lt Col Stobdan Kalon, VSM: The man who reconnoitered the Siachen snout in 1978
The exploits of Col. ‘Bull’ Kumar in India’s Siachen saga are well documented. It was from his chance meeting with Volkar Stallbohm and Jaroslav Poncar in 1978 that Kumar learnt…