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Lt Col Dilbag Singh Dabas (Retd)
Col Hoshiar Singh, PVC, undoubtedly, is a shining jewel in 3rd Grenadiers’ crown but old-timers from 2nd Jat Battalion too claim him as theirs, and rightly so; they fondly refer to him as “Mhara Hoshiare”.
Maj Hoshiar Singh being awarded
the Param Vir Chakra by President VV Giri.
Son of Ch Hira Singh Dahiya, Hoshiar Singh was born on May 5, 1936, at Sisana village in Rohtak district of undivided Punjab. Sisana is now in Sonepat. After matriculation from Jat Heroes Memorial High School, Rohtak, and first year at Jat College, also in Rohtak, he was enrolled as a Sepoy in 2nd Jat Battalion (Mooltan). An outstanding volleyball player, Hoshiar Singh was referred to as Hoshiare by his teammates. For possessing leadership and officer-like attributes, Hoshiare was selected for the Army Cadet College and commissioned into 3rd Battalion of the Grenadiers in June 1963.
Heritage train to chug on historical route of Jammu-Suchetgarh
Shiv Chander Sharma
To give fillip to the border tourism in Jammu and attract large number of Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims, the UT Government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to run the heritage train from Bikram Chowk in Jammu city to Suchetgarh via R S Pura on the historical route on which once train used to run from Jammu to Lahore via Sialkot (Now in Pakistan). Sialkot is just 11 km from Suchetgarh, the last town on the Indo-Pak border on the Indian side.
This heritage train will be on the same pattern of Shimla-Kalka route in Himachal Pradesh in which hundreds of tourists visit daily to and fro. If the plan of the UT Government matures, shortly Jammuites as well as tourists and pilgrims will like to enjoy a ride in the heritage train to see the border and enjoy the journey passing through green fields in the most fertile and plain land which is also known for the best quality Basmati rice produced in India and abroa
When honour followed an enemy’s tribute to a soldier
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January 04, 2021 02:01 IST
Despite the bitter battle of 1971, Lt. Col. Airy acknowledged of the bravery of his Pakistan counterpart
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Despite the bitter battle of 1971, Lt. Col. Airy acknowledged of the bravery of his Pakistan counterpart
Among the less known incidents of the 1971 Bangladesh war which speaks of the high traditions of soldiering despite the grim reality of armed conflict, a hand written tribute from the enemy was the basis for a posthumous honour for a Pakistan army commander killed in action.
During the bitter battle on the Western front, Lt. Col. Ved Prakash Airy, then commanding the 3 Grenadiers in Shakargarh sector, fought off the 35 Frontier Force (FF) Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col. Muhammad Akram Raja in the battle for Jarpal on December 17, 1971.