“Jo shahid hue hain unki, zara yaad karo qurbani…â€
*** 78 years ago on this date ***
BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV EXECUTED
NO “LAST INTERVIEW” WITH RELATIONS
DEAD BODIES SECRETLY DISPOSED OF
Front Page of the Lahore Tribue, March 1931 (Thanks Amitabh).
If you have a broadband connection and about 10 minutes, please do listen to this song (recorded on a Youtube video clip) by Lata Mangeshkar “Ae Mere Watan ke Logon” (composed by C. Ramchandra and lyrics by Pradeep). When Lata-ji sung this song in 1962. it reportedly brought Pt Jawarlal Nehru to tears.
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All photographs courtesy (and copyright) http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org/ For more, please visit the site.
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
If Maj Mohit Sharma was from 1 Para, he would have been a Para Commando. 1,9 &10 Para are Para Commando Battalions. This is unclassified information and can be published.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html
Thanks for the site. Pictures are valuable treasure one can find on the site.
Yes indeed he was from para commando and the best one.
A great friend and a really nice human.
Always cheerful, fun loving and tough.
I lost a very good friend.
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.
Dirt Digger, I liked your blog site name “The Chindu”. Very apt. Wish it was http://thechindu.com/ 🙂
@ Nishka: Thanks for the suggestion…and for sharing the tragic news about Major Sharma…Sadly he will soon be forgotten as another statistic…
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@ Amit: I feel very sorry for you…but please remember that you are not alone…We are together in your grief…although nothing can remove the pall of darkness that has befallen the brave Major’s family..
May God give them strength…
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@ DD: You are absolutely right that Nehru shares a large part of the blame for the humiliation (and the loss of life) we suffered in 1962…You must have read Tarun Vijay’s special feature in Rediff on 1962…I am pasting the link here just in case (and for other readers’ benefit):
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/18sd1.htm
Video of Major Sharma
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/88478/nation-bids-adieu-to-jk-braveheart-major-sharma.html
We are losing our best men because of this corrupt government that has no will to fight terrorists
Please listen to the new lyrics of “Ae Mere Watan ke Logonâ€, paying tributes to the heroes of the 26/11/2008 Mumbai Terror attacks:
Very touching and inspiring …. my humble salute!
thanks for the pics and information related to bhagat and all saheeds.they touches our heart and soul.
Major Mohit Sharma will be conferred with the Ashok Chakra (posthumously) tomorrow.
Please also spare a thought for Havildar Rajesh Kumar of 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles who gave his life defending the country during an encounter in August 2009. Havildar Rajesh Kumar will also be conferred with the Ashok Chakra posthumously tomorrow.
The third recipient of Ashok Chakra tomorrow will be Major D Sreeram Kumar who continues to serve with 39 Assam Rifles in Manipur.
As readers would know. “Ashok Chakra” is the highest peacetime gallantry award in India.
Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!
Qurbani of Shaheeds and Nehru’s tears: Here are few lines from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s ‘Kurukshetra’:
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