Is Army Over-rated???
There are some facts that might shed some light on the Va-lour and Status of Indian Army.
Unlike other government organisations and institutions in India, there are no provisions for reservations based on caste or religion.
The Indian Army has about 53 cantonments and 9 army bases, spread across India.
The Siachen Glacier, 5000 metres above sea level, is the highest battlefield in the world. And the Indian Army controls it.
The Indian Army is the biggest voluntary army in the world. To think that we have the maximum number of willing soldiers in the world is a matter of great pride.
The Military Engineering Services (MES) is one of the biggest construction agencies in India.
The Indian Army has a cavalry regiment. There are only 3 such regiments in the world.
The Indian Army is one of the biggest troop contributors to the United Nations peace making operations.
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayas. It was constructed by the Indian Army in 1982.
The President's bodyguard is the oldest armoured regiment of the Indian Army. It was established in 1773, and is currently based in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
The Indian Army's High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is one of the most elite training centers in the world and is frequented by Special Ops teams from the US, UK and Russia. US Special Forces trained at HAWS before their deployment during the invasion of Afghanistan.
The Battle of Longewala was fought in December 1971 between India and Pakistan, in which just 120 Indian soldiers with one jeep mounted with a M40 recoilless rifle held the fort against 2000 Pakistani soldiers backed by 45 tanks and one mobile infantry brigade.
The 61st Cavalry Regiment of the Indian Army is believed to the largest non-ceremonial horse-mounted cavalry unit remaining in the world.
The war ended with the surrender of about 93,000 combatants and officials of the Pakistani Army. This is the largest number of POWs taken into custody since World War II. The war resulted in the creation of the independent nation of Bangladesh.
The BrahMos is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land.
India covertly tested its nuclear arsenal in the early 1970s and late 1990s without the CIA even knowing what was happening.
Operation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried out in the world.
Footnotes :
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