The names of the 20 soldiers killed in the Galwan clash are inscribed in the memorial
New Delhi:
The Indian military built a memorial for its 20 operatives who were killed while fighting Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15, official sources said on Saturday.
The memorial, located at Post 120 in eastern Ladakh and opened earlier this week, evokes the heroism of the “Gallants of Galwan” under Operation “Snow Leopard” and how they expelled troops from it. Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the region while inflicting “heavy losses” on them in “hand-to-hand combat”.
China has yet to disclose the number of its soldiers killed and wounded in the clash, although it has officially admitted to taking casualties. According to a US intelligence report, the death toll on the Chinese side was 35.
Post 120 is located along the Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) road. The names of all 20 Indian Army personnel have been inscribed in the unit memorial.
Colonel B Santosh Babu, commander of the 16th Bihar Regiment, was among Indian army personnel killed in the clash that dramatically escalated border tension between the two countries, with India calling the action “premeditated action. and planned from China ”.
Chinese soldiers used stones, studded sticks, iron bars and clubs in the brutal attack on Indian soldiers after protesting against China’s erection of a watch post around the patrol point 14 (PP14) in the Galwan Valley.
Giving a brief account of Operation “Snow Leopard”, the military mentioned in a plaque at the memorial that Colonel Babu was leading the “Rapid Reaction Force” of the 16th Bihar Regiment and attached troops tasked with deporting a group of Chinese troops from the general area in “Y nala” (a crossroads) and prevent them from moving further towards the patrol point 14.
“The column succeeded in expelling the PLA OP from Y Nala and reached PP14 where a violent skirmish broke out between the troops of the IA (Indian Army) and the PLA. Colonel B Santosh Babu led from the front and his troops fought gallantly in hand-to-hand combat. In the ensuing combat, twenty “Gallants of Galwan” performed martyrdom, “the army wrote.
The list of 20 memorial staff included three naib sub-cedars, three havildars, and 12 sepoys.
The Ministry of Defense has also started the process of registering the names of Colonel Babu and other soldiers at the National War Memorial in Delhi.
During a visit to the Lukung outpost in eastern Ladakh on July 17, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh personally expressed his gratitude and compliments to the troops of the Bihar regiment for showing courage and exemplary courage in the fight against Chinese troops.
In his address to the soldiers, the Minister of Defense said that the Indian soldiers killed in the clash in the Galwan Valley not only showed exemplary courage in safeguarding the border, but also protected the pride. of 130 Indian crores.
Army Chief General MM Naravane has already awarded “congratulatory cards” to five soldiers in the unit for their bravery in their dealings with Chinese troops during clashes in the Galwan Valley and for having them. faced in Pangong Tso in May.
India and China are locked in a bitter five-month border standoff in eastern Ladakh that has strained bilateral ties considerably.
The two sides held a series of diplomatic and military talks to resolve the conflict. However, no progress has been made to end the impasse.
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