New book recounts army s peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The upcoming book published by Penguin Random House, titled
Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as Part of the United Nations, narrates the first-hand account of the historical event which took place on July 13-16, 2000.
Maj. Gen. Rajpal Punia who led the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa, from the front, cowrote it with his daughter Damini. Punia, Chief of Staff HQ Delhi, was then the CO of the 58th Gorkha Rifles, sent to Sierra Leone to help the local government disarm the notorious rebels who had captured 223 UN peacekeepers. The book brings to fore the historical rescue operation.
New book Operation Khukri tells untold story of Indian Army s brave mission in Africa
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The book, a first-hand account by author Major General Rajpal Punia, is slated to release on July 15.
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The book, a first-hand account by author Major General Rajpal Punia, is slated to release on July 15.
Some of the little-known details of Operation Khukri the Indian Army s peacekeeping mission in the jungles of Africa will be told in a first-hand account by author Major General Rajpal Punia, slated to release on July 15.
Operation Khukri: The untold story of Indian Army s bravest peacekeeping mission abroad, published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), is the story of the Indian Army s successful rescue mission of over 200 India peacekeepers who were sent to Sierra Leone in year 2000 by United Nations to help the government there in tackling Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group. July 13 marks the 21st anniver
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