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This book, enriched with beautiful photographs, aims to chronicle the cemeteries and memorials around the world where Indian soldiers, sailors and airmen are buried or commemorated.
Providing details of two World Wars memorials around the world, it presents the detailed description of the wars since independence memorials in India, including Jammu and Kashmir Operations 1947-48, Hyderabad police action, action at Junagarh, Sino-Indian conflict 1962, Indo-Pak wars ...
With its independence in 1947 and its emergence as a fully self-governing republic in 1950, India created new awards that arguably represent the first phaleristic manifestations of the country’s freedom. These new awards also represented the unique values of the new republic, and not just meant to discard the colonial legacy. Ostensibly, these awards were created to reward Indian citizens for bravery and national service. The first ever of its kind, the ...
With a strength of 1.2 million personnel the Indian Army is the second largest professional standing army in the world. In the sixty years since independence the Army has developed from being the sword arm of the British Raj to the Army of a sovereign democratic Republic. As one of the premier institutions of the State it embodies all the ideals that the founding fathers of the Republic laid down in the Constitution. By dint of its selfless and impartial service ...