Bharat Rakshak

The great warrior has left his motherland for his heavenly abode.

May his soul rest in Peace.

To Jasmeet (and others on this thread): I found a source that stocks books on the history of 3 battalions of Maratha Light Infantry: 4,5, and 12. Here is the link: http://www.arbinteractive.com/available.htm A Royal Tribute A History of the 5th Bn The Maratha Light Infantry; 1800 - 2005 Valour to th...

To Jaeger: Thanks for the response. This is not about our beliefs, but those of the society we live in. I personally do not view rape as anything worse than what it is - the violation of a woman against her will. I do not think a rape victim is "spoilt" in any way, or anything of that natu...

Search on Somnath Sharma did not return any results. India's first Param Veer Chakra... Can we have a discussion on Major Somnath Sharma (besides what is commonly known about him, such as wiki, and the contents of the PVC doordarshan series). Interestingly, he was related to the lady who designed th...

Read an earlier post about Jhansi chi Rani: She was raised in the Peshwa court at Pune, and was trained in military arts from a very young age. Born a Tambay (Flt. Lt. Vijay Vasant Tambay also belongs to one branch of that same family), was married into the Niwalkar family which was the branch of th...

One point that is quite crucial to several armies not sending women into combat is the fate of women PoWs. We are facing an enemy that has kept our PoWs from 1971. We know what happened to Capt. Kalia in captivity. Had it been a woman? We have heard what arab janjaweed do to women in Sudan. How woul...

Thanks for bringing the rule to my attention Shiv.

I will then post under my real name which is Vinay.

Thank you,
Vinay

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