2.
When Captain Vikram Batra
displayed an example of valor
Indian government involved air, sea, and land
strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive
victory for India, ending 451 years of Portuguese
colonial rule in Goa.
4.
Captain Vikram Batra, was an officer of the Indian
Army and was posthumously awarded with the
Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest and most
prestigious award for valour, for his actions during
the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and
Pakistan.
He celebrated the capture of Point 5140, at
an altitude of 17,000 feet, which was under the
illegal possession of the Pakistani soldiers. Despite
being fired at by heavy machine guns, Captain
Batra and his men managed to destroy 2 machine
gun posts. Captain Batra’s gallantry was proved
when he single-handedly killed 3 enemy fighters in
a dangerous combat.
He died rescuing an injured officer while
leading his men on a successful assault on Point
4875.
3.
When the Indian Army helped in
the annexation of Goa, against
Portuguese in 1961
When India became independent in 1947, Goa
remained under Portuguese control. The Indian
government of Jawaharlal Nehru insisted that Goa,
along with a few other minor Portuguese holdings,
be turned over to India.
The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa was an
action by India’s armed forces that ended
Portuguese rule in its Indian enclaves in 1961. The
operation, code named ‘Operation Vijay’ by the
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When 2nd Lt. Arun Khetarpal
single-handedly destroyed
Pakistani tanks and troops
During the 1971 Indo-Pak
war, a bridge was constructed
across Basantar river so that
the soldiers could crack the
enemy-mine field. But half
way through, the enemy
raided
the
bridge.
The
sufficiently armored Pakistan
regiment, attacked the Indian troops, which were
outnumbered.
Therefore, the commander of Squadron
sought assistance from Arun Khetrapal. As soon
as he got the message, he got into the enemy’s
neck and captured many soldiers. Meanwhile,
Pakistan blew India’s second tank. Arun
Khetrapal single-handedly destroyed 4 tanks of
Pakistan. In return, Pakistan wrecked the other
two tanks, one of which was Arun Khetrapal’s. He
didn’t accept defeat and continued to fight even
in his flaming tank.
The commander of his troop ordered to
abandon his tank, but Khetrapal replied: “No Sir.
I’m not going to abandon my tank. My gun is
working and I’ll get these bastards.”
And because of this gallant soldier,
Pakistan couldn’t enter the Indian soil.
5.
When Captain Manoj Kumar
Pandey’s bravery led to India’s
victory in the 1999 Kargil war
“If death strikes before I prove my blood, I
swear I will kill death.”
These were the words of Captain Manoj
Kumar Pandey.
During the 1999 Kargil war, he led his
troop to capture the Jubar top. During this,
Pakistan continued to fire on his men.
Demonstrating an act of bravery, he went ahead