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A BOOK ABOUT THE BRAVEHEARTS OF INDIAN ARMY IN THE 75TH YEAR OF INDIAS INDEPENDENCEThis is a collection of essays on Indias successful army operations since Partition when Pakistan launched an attack on Kashmir. China declared war on India in 1962 and Pakistan did so in 1965 and 1971. However, brave army officers like Paramveer Chakra Major Somnath Sharma, Col. Ranjit Rai (Mahaveer Chakra), Brigadier Mohammad Usman, Havaldar Abdul Hamid, Major Shaitan Singh, and Lt. Arun Khetrapal (Paramveer Chakra) defended the Indian borders, putting their lives on the line.Shourya Gatha gives riveting accounts of the landmark military operations that shaped the history of Indian Army, including Indias counter-attack on Pakistan in 1947 in Naushera and Jhanjhar, the Haji Pir stand-off in 1965, the Indo-China battle in Rezangla in 1962, the Basantar battle in 1971 and INS Khukris triumph in 1971.