Vijay Mashaal: War veteran recounts fighting 1971 war aged 26
Narsinga, now 76, told Express that during the war, he was with the 8th Grenadier Regiment Battalion of the Army providing medical treatment to the soldiers at the front.
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HYDERABAD: Lieutenant Colonel Narsinga Rao, a Vir Chakra (retired) gallantry awardee, was just 26 years old when he left his newly wedded wife and six-month-old daughter to be at the battlefield for the India-Pakistan war in 1971. On Thursday, during the ‘Vijay Mashaal’ event that marks the 50-year-celebration of India’s victory over Pakistan, Rao, along with other war veterans, were honoured for their bravery. At the event, Rao recalled his exploits in the war.