Seventy-five years ago on this day, the newly-Independent India's army fought its first big, combined arms battle, aided by air power, which not only thwarted for good the Pakistan-backed tribal invaders' threat to Srinagar, but secured almost .
Behind this victory was not only a canny commander, who braved his superiors ire in taking a major gamble, but feats of many other intrepid soldiers too.A fo
A lawyer by profession, most of his life was spent in agitation for India's freedom, but Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's equal, if not greater, contribution was quickly transforming into an astute administrator, who made decisive .