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"On the day, November 18 1962, 114 brave men of the 13th Kumaon Regiment s Ahir Charlie company made the supreme sacrifice fighting the invading Chinese at Rezang La pass at 16000 feet near Chushul. This epic battle called the last stand when every soldier fought to his last breath was led by the legendary Major Shaitan Singh Bhati (IC 7990) of Jodhpur Rajasthan, who was later awarded the Param Veer Chakra, India s highest gallantry award for conspicuous bravery or self sacrifice in the face of the enemy.
It was a cold winter morning at 16000 feet with icy winds howling through Rezang La biting and benumbing. The expected Chinese attack came through a Nullah , a dry river bed, but was repulsed with heavy machine gun fire by the brave Ahirs(Yadavs) of Charlie Company. The enemy regrouped and attacked again and again with ever more reinforcements and finally managed to overrun the position. 114 of the 123 Jawans (soldiers) were killed. Almost everyone had fought to the last round and killed many more enemy soldiers. One estimate of Chinese casualties is close to 500 killed and wounded.

Unmindful of own safety, Major Shaitan Singh, the Company Commander, went from post to post raising the morale of his men and continued to fight even after being seriously wounded. While he was being evacuated by two of his comrades, the Chinese brought heavy machine gun fire on them. Major Shaitan Singh sensed danger to their lives and ordered them to leave him to his fate. They placed him behind a boulder on the slopes of a hill, where he breathed his last and this is where he was found some days after the battle."

Singing national anthem at the Rezang La war memorial gave us the goosebumps we never experienced, travelling to the place and stand there in peace itself give you a matchless feeling of loving the country with supreme selflessness.

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