50 Years of 1971 War Triumph: Veterans of Ambala Region Relive Memories
As the nation celebrates Swarnim Vijay Varsh to commemorate 50 years of the 1971 Indo-Pak war triumph, the veterans from the Ambala region
Editorial Staff
50 Years of 1971 War Triumph: Veterans of Ambala Region Relive Memories
As the nation celebrates Swarnim Vijay Varsh to commemorate 50 years of the 1971 Indo-Pak war triumph, the veterans from the Ambala region, on the sidelines of an official felicitation at the Kharga Stadium in cantonment area on Thursday, shared anecdotes. Colonel Kuldev Nand (retd) was only 26 when his 23 Mountain Artillery brigade had to face the bullets from the Pakistani forces while advancing towards Mudafarganj in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) on the morning of December 4, 1971. “When we received orders to move forward, suddenly firing started from the opposite side and two of our men got injured. We attacked, killed eight men and captured two. Later, we found a heavily injured armourer in the fields, who pleaded with us to shoot him. He was lucky he was facing the Indian Army, and we did not kill him. Rather, he was evacuated and given medical care, before he left for Pakistan,” he said. Lieutenant General KS Dogra (retd) was with the corps of Army Air Defence and posted in Samb…
