MAJOR CHANDPURI
I am watching ‘Beating Retreat’ on T.V. and I am glad
to see such a discipline, dedication, enthusiasm and obedience of our defense personnel.
That is why; I am going to talk about Indian Army and a very famous story of
the soldiers, which happened in Longewala, Rajasthan in the war of 1971. The
desert is one of the own kind of geographic conditions on Earth; you can feel
50 degrees heat in the day and the temperature below five, at night. It means
there is a huge variation in the desert. How our soldiers created a remark there?
It is one of the most inspiring stories of all time.
In the war of 1971 against Pakistan, there was a post
in the Thar, Rajasthan, named as Longewala. It was, guarded by 23rd
Battalion, Punjab regiment, who was in the command of Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri.
On December 4, 1971 near about 2000-3000, Pakistani soldiers full of ammunition, guns, tanks and food. During the December month, the temperature
in the desert is not bearable and it takes so much courage to survive that.
That time Indian Air Force did not have fighter jets,
which could fly in the night; hence, air support was not an option. The Punjab
regiment soldiers were facing a deficiency of every logistic and material. However,
they had courage, will, determination and patriotism for the nation. It was
more than enough to counter the Pakistani, Major Chandpuri was capable of
holding the post and every soldier was loyal to their chief. The war started
and Pakistanis tried to threaten the soldiers by verbal abuses, and what they
will do to them when they will win the post!
Major Chandpuri was, remained with two choices, either
to try and hold out until having reinforcement or to order a concrete on foot
retreat of his company to Ramgarh. However, valiant Chandpuri refused at the time
of adversity, not to back out and running from one bunker to another. He held
the post with 120 men and answered enemy’s bullets via bullets.
PAKISTANI TANKS WHO TRIED TO EVADE FROM THE LONGEWALA
When the daylight broke, India Air Force operated powerfully.
They sent HF-24 Maruts and Hawker Hunter aircrafts to help the Longewala post
and in no time, the fleet led by Air Controller (FAC) Major Atma Singh in a HAL
Krishak turned the battle in India’s favor. There was no air support from
Pakistan’s side and they were facing a serious situation there. Maruts and
Hunter aircrafts destroyed every tank on the side of Pakistan, as there was no
tank in Indian side. They destroyed every tank and we won the war there in less
than 12 hours. It was a fight of ‘David vs. Goliath’ and we held the post with
a minimum loss (2 deaths, I think). They planned to have the breakfast at
Ramgarh, lunch in Jaisalmer and dinner in Delhi, but they were not able to
cross 1m into the Indian Territory.
SOLDIERS CELEBRATING AFTER THE WAR
Wow, seriously, this was a great example of perseverance,
determination, will power, nationalism and patriotism. Whenever, I see ‘Border’
movie I get Goosebumps and feel proud of our soldiers, we are living happily
because those men are standing on the borders for us. They use to sacrifice
their happiness for us, so that we can live in our homes with our family. I
respect Major Chandpuri and his men for protecting us at that time. I respect
all those martyrs, who lost their lives for us. Anyways, thanks for reading it.
I hope you enjoyed the article and yes, comments and likes are most welcomed.
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