The Other Indian Classes’ , labelled as ‘non-martial’ and debarred from enrolling as combatants in the Indian Army till 1947, formed part of ‘C’ Squadron 45 Cavalry. Equipped with the amphibious PT-76 tanks, they were unleashed to swim across the River Kabodak, near the Boyra salient, to counter the threat from East Pakistan. On November 21, 1971, the cream of the Pakistan Army, who boasted that “one Pakistani soldier was equal ...
