VIJAY DIWAS 2023: Every year on December 16, India commemorates Vijay Diwas to honor its triumph over Pakistan in the 1971 war. Today, peopl. | News Track
Yesterday, a dear and esteemed brother met me. There were tears in his eyes. And in a voice touched with plaintiveness, he said to me: “The spiritual urge is growing within me, from more to more. I feel that I can no longer do the humdrum duties of an office assistant. Surrounded by files and meaningless papers, feel unhappy, miserable. I want to resign and belong wholly to my Guru and my God!'
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Lt Gen Raj Sujlana (Retd)
Two memorable defensive battles were fought south of Banihal Pass, amidst the rigours of the Pir Panjal mountains of Poonch and the undulating rough plains of Chhamb-Jaurian west of Munawar Tawi. The assaulting enemy numbered several times the men who manned the defences; however, they were met squarely with rare steadfastness, valour and dedication, inflicting crushing defeats on the enemy in both these encounters.
6 Sikh (‘Chhe’, as popularly known) occupied defences over a 13-km frontage on the heights above Poonch; two of these, Points 405 and 406, were of strategic importance, standing as sentinels. Loss of these would directly threaten Poonch town itself. Pakistan always prized this option, and on the night intervening December 3 and 4, it launched a heavy punch with two brigades (six battalions). Coincidently, one of these was 5th Frontier Force, originally the 53 Royal Sikhs! Two enemy battalions launched feint attacks, while one infiltra