Bharat Rakshak

Info sent by Vijay Reddy. by E Mail. The X-Ray Model he referes to is A MiG-21FL With the skin cutaway to reveal the insides of the aircraft. <P>-------------------------------<BR>Hi,<P>On your thread about a/c in India, you have listed 2 sea hawks as present in IITM. There is only one. the tail num...

Arun,<P>I had covered AFA Dundigal and all warbirds in Hyderabad at my tripod site at <A HREF="http://jaganpvs.tripod.com/warbird.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://jaganpvs.tripod.com/warbird.htm</A> under the appropriate section. However I dont have the pic of the MiG-21FL by the Cadets Mess!, If...

Interesting. Rahulm, I am not sure the Gnat is a HAL, just assumed it was from a pic that Shiv sent me. Its still in Salaria Square by the look of it. If anyone can get the Serial No, then we can tell. The MiG-21FL info is because one can see it in the movie "Major Saab" shot on NDA Premis...

I am trying to compile a list of all phased out aircraft and retired planes of the IAF. The Warbirds, Gate Gaurdians, Derelict aircraft that can be found across the spread of India in various Airports, Air Force Installations and Memorials. The Following is a list I have compiled till date. I am sur...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Samir Chopra:<BR><B> the first time in my life that I've heard of IAF offensives being "coupled" with inputs from Bengali members of the PAF. What agenda is being pushed here, please?...

Originally posted by Rakesh Koshy: The link was sent to me by Omer Zaki, whom I presume, looking from the family tree is one of the family. I was always under the impression that Zaki was killed in a helicopter crash. Thank heavens he didn't :) Oh, thats nothing. I remember seeing a plaque at the N...

Aw Jesus! Me....A War Hero!!!! Hell, NO!<P>Calvin is mentioning Post no 18 in that thread...which was posted under my login...I dont think Balderdash's identity is such a mystery, anyone with half knowledge of Aircombat in subcontinent would straight away guess his identity...as Tom in that thread h...

A Very Commendable Effort Roshan,<P>the holdings of the SLAF interested me a lot. Obviously they have come a long way since 1988, when the only opposition the Mirage 2000s expected were the turboprop Siai Marchettis. (I hope I got the spelling right).<P>Of Particular interest is the Four F-4 phantom...

Rupak, an interesting analysis, but the obvious questions arise.<P>India , due to its size and nature of duties, the non-combat wings i.e. the transports and choppers will fly a proportionately highter number of hours in the total hours logged by the IAF. applying the figures individually to fighter...

Posted by Mr. Q Quincy<P>----------------------------------------<P>Okay, gentlemen. If you all are really that interested.<BR>Pakistan I Corps HQ Mangla<BR>6 Armored Division, HQ Kharian; 7 and 9 Armored Brigades, also both Kharian.<BR>17 Division, HQ Kharian; 77, 207, and 315 Brigades, all Kharian...

Prof<P>About Tarapore , Check this link (From the Pakistani Defence Journal Site)<BR> <A HREF="http://www.defencejournal.com/feb-mar99/poona-horse.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.defencejournal.com/feb-mar99/poona-horse.htm</A> <P>The Article by an Indian Author has this to say:<P><B>If I ma...

Razakars and others in the Nizam's pay were systematically executed by Indian forces. <P>There were several incidents of Post takeover violence, in which not only razakars, but also muslims in certain villages were massacared..both by revenge hungry neigbours, as well as mobs backed by official sup...

El Edroos <P>I read in some of the Hyderabad History books that El Edroos died in Bangalore , a pauper. No details on the circumstances. <P>Incidentally, the Prime minister of Hyderabad who escaped to pakistan wrote a pretty detailed book on the war , it was published in Pakistan in 1960. <P>There ...

A Soldier never dies..He lives on in our memories.<P>With Homage

The SMLE .303 stopped being 303 long time back. The army has changed the caliber of the SMLEs to 7.62 mm so that the same ammunition can be used with the SLRs as well as the bolt action rifle.<P>The police however carry the .303 caliber.<P>you can tell the difference by looking at the magazine. the ...

OCR is a painful task when it is in columns, but i will post the JPEGs of the article<P>-Jagan

<P>the pics from the article.<P>

Falgun,<P>I accept that guns may have been fired and some panic airraid alarms might have gone off. but the Pakistanis NEVER attacked Bombay. They had no aircraft that could fly all the way and do so.<P>This is accepted by the Pakistanis too. attacking a target like Bombay is a propaganda victory fo...

T'was December 1971 and my mother was studying, when the sired sounded. She had to stop studying, get to the ground floor of the apartment and run to the compound where make-shift bunkers were made. Now according to her, she saw Paki aircraft dropping bombs into the sea, because they mistook it for...

Popular myth gives credit to Pakistanis for attacking Bombay and Delhi in both 65 and 71 Wars. Their aircraft never even got near. they do not have the range to make it to these cities.<P>The lights decoy might have taken place, but why they would use fishermen to do so, and how many lights it would...

Narayanan,<P>You are not to blame, its the war time gloryfying that may have taken its toll. as well as the fact that only his boot have been recovred.<P>Hamid's body was recovred and was buried near the battlefield itself. to be more exact<P>"on the west side of the Khem Karan Bhikiwind road, ...

Hi Just thought that i will make the discussion more interesting with a picture. henry asked for a picture and here it is. make this a part of your itenary if you visit rajasthan.<P>The first tank<P> http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/Temp/long1.jpg <P>This is what is written on the plaque.<P> http://www...

Sachin,<P>Pandey is an officer and is from 1/11 Gorkha Rifles.

The Independence Day Honours, seen unit wise.<P><pre><big><BR> Rank Name Unit Regt Award <P>Capt Vikram Batra 13 JAK Rif PVC<BR>Rfn Sanjay Kumar 13 JAK Rif PVC<BR>Lt Col Yogesh Kumar Joshi 13 JAK Rif VrC<BR>Maj S Vijay Bhaskar 13 JAK Rif VrC<BR>Maj Vikas Vohra 13 JAK Rif VrC<BR>Capt Sanjeev Singh 13...

A Small Sampling of the VrCs<P>Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja<BR>Maj M Sarvanan<BR>Capt Jintu Gogoi<BR>Capt Haneefuddin<BR>Capt Vijayant Thapar<BR>Capt Amol Kalia<P>All Posthumous<P>Col M B Ravindranath<BR>

Yeah,<P>Right now, my boss is more worried about what he is going to tell my CEO about our Branch's May Sales figures thaneven think the people who are dying in kargil.<P>The Techie guys are more worried about their conveyance bills passed than about who is getting killed.<P>This nation needs to be ...