GRITTY: Gurbani, Sholay dialogues kept him going in hospital
On July 15 this year, I completed 22 years of my loaned life and cut the customary cake that reads: “Happy Death anniversary and rebirth day”. It was on this day in 1999 when, as part of Operation Vijay, I was commanding a protective post on the LOC in Kargil s Akhnoor sector and a mortar bomb fell behind me. Soon, another one fell right next to me. I fell unconscious and the brave boys of 7 Dogra, my battalion, rushed me to hospital. The journey took two and a half hours by which time, heavy blood loss and a cardiac arrest led the doctor to pronounce me dead on arrival.
Rajya Sabha pays glowing tributes to the martyrs of Kargil War.
12:00 (IST) Jul 26
PIB s tweet on Kargil Vijay Diwas 2021
They proved to the world that Indian armed forces will prevail, no matter the odds!! To those who laid down their… https://t.co/d9HIPh4S1J— PIB India (@PIB India) 1627277699000
11:53 (IST) Jul 26
President Ram Nath Kovind at Baramulla on Kargil Vijay Diwas.
11:51 (IST) Jul 26
President Ram Nath Kovind laid a wreath at the Dagger War Memorial, Baramulla to pay tributes to all soldiers who sacrificed their lives in defending the nation. (ANI)
11:21 (IST) Jul 26
It is for the second time in three years that the President could not fly to Drass for the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations.