“Jo shahid hue hain unki, zara yaad karo qurbani…”

Our soldiers die yet again. Shantau, would it be possible to create a section where we put up pictures of our “sherdils”.

From JK: Major, 10 others killed in gunbattle
Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar | March 22, 2009 15:24 IST

Ten persons including a senior army officer, three troopers and six militants have been killed so far in the ongoing three day long fierce encounters in the Shamswari mountain range of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A defence spokesman in Srinagar said troops surrounded a large forest area in the Shamswari mountain range three days back, on specific information about presence of militants.

“Hiding militants opened fire at the surrounding troops, which was returned, leading to firing exchanges which are still continuing,” defence spokesman Lt. Col. J.S.Brar told rediff.com in Srinagar.

“So far six militants have been killed in the area. One army major and three troopers also died in the two encounters. The operation is still continuing,” Brar added.

The slain army major has been identified as Major Mohit Sharma of 1-para regiment, and a resident of Rajendranagar in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

“Operations are being conducted in the densely forested areas. Arms and ammunition have been also been recovered from those areas,” Brar also informed.

Earlier, one army trooper was wounded, when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing at the Indian positions in the northern Uri sector of the Line of Control on Sunday.

Thanks for the site. Pictures are valuable treasure one can find on the site.

Shantanu,
Nehru’s tears should be taken with a pinch of salt. His blind belief that the Chinese would be allies even when there was intelligence reports proving otherwise, his lackadaisical leadership during the war of 1962 and inability to leverage his ‘famed’ international relationships to halt the Chinese advance is well known.
The ultimate sufferers were the soldiers and their families, while Nehru and his cronies like Krishna Menon played the fiddle when India burned.

Please listen to the new lyrics of “Ae Mere Watan ke Logon”, paying tributes to the heroes of the 26/11/2008 Mumbai Terror attacks:

thanks for the pics and information related to bhagat and all saheeds.they touches our heart and soul.

Qurbani of Shaheeds and Nehru’s tears: Here are few lines from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s ‘Kurukshetra’:

वह कौन रोता है वहाँ-
इतिहास के अध्याय पर,
जिसमें लिखा है, नौजवानों के लहु का मोल है
प्रत्यय किसी बूढे, कुटिल नीतिज्ञ के व्याहार का;
जिसका हृदय उतना मलिन जितना कि शीर्ष वलक्ष है;
जो आप तो लड़ता नहीं,
कटवा किशोरों को मगर,
आश्वस्त होकर सोचता,
शोणित बहा, लेकिन, गयी बच लाज सारे देश की?

और तब सम्मान से जाते गिने
नाम उनके, देश-मुख की लालिमा
है बची जिनके लुटे सिन्दूर से;
देश की इज्जत बचाने के लिए
या चढा जिनने दिये निज लाल हैं।

ईश जानें, देश का लज्जा विषय
तत्त्व है कोई कि केवल आवरण
उस हलाहल-सी कुटिल द्रोहाग्नि का
जो कि जलती आ रही चिरकाल से
स्वार्थ-लोलुप सभ्यता के अग्रणी
नायकों के पेट में जठराग्नि-सी।

विश्व-मानव के हृदय निर्द्वेष में
मूल हो सकता नहीं द्रोहाग्नि का;
चाहता लड़ना नहीं समुदाय है,
फैलतीं लपटें विषैली व्यक्तियों की साँस से।