The swift deployment of colonial troops to Europe in September 1914 reflected Britains confidence that these forces would secure a rapid victory. The unique provisions made for these troops indicated ...

A Devon historian unveils the incredible, long-forgotten story of 500 Indian POWs who escaped Nazi captivity in WWII, ...

NEW DELHI: Around 500 lightly-armed Indian soldiers were all that stood between Srinagar ... Lt Col Rai, commander of 1 Sikh, the Sikh Regiment's first battalion, then deployed across the Gurgaon ...

A fortnight after the Pashtun tribal invasion of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army achieved a crucial victory on November 7, 1947, in the Battle of Shalateng. This triumph, led by Brigadier LP 'Bogey ...

Sikh activists marched 350 miles across California in October to mark the 40th anniversary of a massacre and call for ...

Srinagar was initially saved in the last week of October 1947 by the valiant efforts of a handful of J&K state forces and In ...

On 27th October 1947, the 1 Sikh regiment of the Indian Army landed at Srinagar Airport, a day after Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir signed the ...

when the First Battalion of the Sikh Regiment arrived at Srinagar to defend Jammu and Kashmir from external aggression. What events preceded the deployment of Indian soldiers in J&K? On October 22, ...

Each year on October 27, India recalls the happenings of that day in 1947 when Army troops were rushed ... despatch of the 1st battalion of the Sikh Regiment, to Srinagar by air. The first choice for ...

Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, and other senior officers lay wreaths at the National War Memorial. Infantry ...

The infantry embodies the essence of strength, valour and duty, inspiring every Indian. On Infantry Day ... every year to commemorate the landing of the 1st Battalion of the SIKH Regiment at Srinagar ...