THE GREAT SHAME OR PRIDE?< CALLED LONGEWALA>
THE RECENT CLAIM BY GEN ATMA SINGH OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE THAT THE BATTLE OF LONGEWALA IN 1971 WAS A FAKE ONE HAS SHOCKED ONE AND ALL. IF IT REALLY WAS A FAKE ONE , WHY SHOULD HE DISCLOSE IT NOW AFTER 37 YEARS?
SURE , THERE IS SOME THING FISHY ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE QUESTION OF OUR PRIDE AND HONOUR. AT THE SAME JUNCTURE , ANOTHER OFFICER FROM THE INDIAN ARMY CLAIMS THAT THE ONE WHO IS CREATING SUCH CONTROVERSIES MUST B PUNISHED.
WHOM SHOULD V BELIEVE?
THE BATTLE OF LONGEWALA IS THE MOST VALIANT AND BRAVE BATTLE FOUGHT BY THE INDIAN SOLDIERS EVER. ABOUT 120 INDIAN SOLDIERS LED BY MAJ. KS CHANDPURI TOOK POSITION AT 5 DEC 1971 AT LONGEWALA, RAJASTHAN. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, ABOUT 3000 PAKISTANI SOLDIERS ALONG WITH 60 TANKS SURROUNDED THEM. BUT OUR SOLDIERS FOUGHT THEM VALIANTLY AND DID NOT RETREAT.
THEY TOOK CARE OF THE POST TILL DAWN. IT WAS THEN THAT THE AIR FORCE TROOPS ARRIVED AND DROVE AWAY ALL THE PAKISTANI TROOPS.
THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM "BORDER" WAS MADE ON THE SAME STORY. IS THIS CONTROVERSY A RESULT OF DIRTY INTERNAL RIVALRY BETWEEN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INDIAN ARMED FORCES?
OR IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH IN IT?