Out of a total of seven soldiers buried in the Arunachal avalanche, three belonged to Jammu, two each from Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. All victims were serving in 19 JAK Riffle.
Beijing, February 19
Four Chinese soldiers were killed during a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, the PLA acknowledged for the first time on Friday, eight months after the biggest military confrontation between the two neighbours in over five decades.
China’s military authorities have honoured two officers and three soldiers, including four who received the awards posthumously, for defending the country’s western border, the official Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the The People’s Liberation Army Daily, the newspaper of the Chinese military.
A handout photo released by Indian Army on February 16, 2021, shows the disengagement process between Indian Army and China s Peoples Liberation Army from a contested area in the western Himalayas, in Ladakh region. Indian Army/Handout via REUTERS