Indian Army After Independence

action advance Air Force armed forces Army Headquarters artillery Assam Rifles attack battle began Bhikhiwind Bomdi bridge Brigade British capture Cariappa casualties Cavalry cease-fire Chief China Chinese column Dalvi December defence Delhi deployed Dhaka divisional Dogra earlier East Pakistan enemy equipment fighting fire garrison Gorkha Rifles guns heavy held Hyderabad Indian Army Indian government Indian troops infantry battalions Infantry Brigade Infantry Division Jammu and Kashmir Jhangar Kaul Khan Khem Karan killed kilometres Kumaon Ladakh later Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-General machine-gun Maha Vir Chakra Major-General Manekshaw McMahon Line metres military mortars Mountain move Muslim Naga Naoshera Nehru night November October operations ordered Param Vir Chakra patrol platoon position Prime Minister prisoners Punch Punjab Rajput Rajputana Rifles reached Regiment road route sector sent September Sikh Singh situation squadron Srinagar Staff tanks task territory thereafter Thimayya Tibet took Towang units village Vir Chakra withdrawal wounded