For First Time, China Acknowledges Casualties in Galwan Clash
The country publicly announced posthumous gallantry citations for four soldiers, including the regimental commander, for their actions during the clash.
The clash in Galwan Valley was the worst cross border confrontation between the two sides in 45 years. Photo: The Wire/Google Maps
World19/Feb/2021
New Delhi: For the first time, China on Friday acknowledged that it had suffered casualties during the Galwan valley clash in June 2020 by publicly announcing posthumous gallantry citations for four soldiers, including the regimental commander, for their actions.
The step comes in the midst of a disengagement process with India at the shores of Pangong lake â one of the several friction points in the stand-off between the two Asian militaries in eastern Ladakh since May 2020.
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Despite the caution expressed by Indian defence analysts, the de-escalation is likely to hold. But, the agreement to withdraw needs political endorsement from the prime minister.
File photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters
World16/Feb/2021
A policy blunder of the greatest magnitude, a humiliating defeat, and six decades of hiding the truth about what really caused the war between China and India in 1962, has so completely embedded a visceral distrust of China in the Indian mind that whenever there is a turn for the better in our relationship, our media, and the majority of our China-watchers, look for the hidden catch in it first before allowing themselves to believe that our relations might actually start improving.
Col Babu awarded MC, 5 others VC
Col Babu awarded MC, 5 others VC
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu, who led his troops against the “vicious” Chinese attack in Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh in June last year, has been posthumously named for the second-highest military award, Mahavir Chakra, for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, according to an official announcement today.
Twenty Indian Army personnel laid down their lives in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 in Galwan valley, an incident that marked the most serious military conflicts between the two sides in decades.
Four other soldiers –Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren, Havildar (Gunner) K Palani, Naik Deepak Singh and Sepoy Gurtej Singh– who also laid down their lives valiantly fighting the Chinese troops in the Galwan valley clash have been named for Vir Chakra awards posthumously.
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‘Not satisfied with Mahavir Chakra’ awarded to Col Santosh Babu, says father
By ANI| Posted by Sameer | Published: 27th January 2021 8:08 am IST Col Santosh Babu (ANI)
Hyderabad: The father of late Colonel Santosh Babu, B Upendra has said he is not satisfied with the Mahavir Chakra posthumously awarded to him for his acts of gallantry against the Chinese attack in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, adding that he was expecting Param Vir Chakra, the highest military award of the country, for the kind of sacrifice his son made for the nation.
Colonel Babu, the commanding officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, was among 20 Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 last year along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.