A story untold so far. A story of one of the bloodiest battles fought during the war. A story of a RAJPUTANA RIFLES Battalion ordered to assault a hill where the enemy was three times in numbers!
This work aims to focus primarily on the operations undertaken in the general area bound by Rajouri in the South to Haji Pir Pass in the North to Jhelum River in the West to mighty Pir Panjal in the East with its centre around Poonch. In the present context, the geographical segment being addressed actually covers the whole of Poonch District with a spill over into Northern part of Rajouri District and some areas now under illegal occupation of Pakistan (PoJK or Pakistan illegally occupied J&K). In order to keep readers in sync with the events happening in other sectors of the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) State, suitable mentions have been made without digging too deep into such actions. Within the Jammu region, details of the events surrounding Naushera-Jhangar, Kathua-Samba and even Jammu have been mentioned in passing so as not to lose the focus or widen the scope. Similarly, brief references have been made of the events happening North of Pir Panjal Range.
A never before told account of military operations in the Kashmir Valley during 1947-48 conflict. Plundering of Baramulla, Uri and Muzaffarabad and atrocities committed by the Pakistan army led invaders and details of the fight put up by the Indian Army and forces of J&K Princely state!
One of the highest decorated of the Indian Army, Colonel Chhewang Rinchen is popularly referred to as Lion of Ladakh. This work, based on his life and gallant deeds is a joint effort by his daughter and a reputed military historian.
