CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ex-naval officer and author Kulpreet Yadav has come with his new book titled “The Battle Of Rezang La”. It tells the story of 120 Indian soldiers who put up a valiant fight against the 5, 000-strong Chinese military troops in the 1962 Indo-China war, preventing a possible occupation of the entire Ladakh region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Last year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the revamped Rezang La war memorial in Eastern Ladakh.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the action on 18 November 1962, 114 Indian soldiers out of a total of 120 were killed and more than 1000 Chinese troops were killed. A memorial in Rewari, where most of the Ahir soldiers came from, claims that 1, 300 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sixty years ago during the 1962 Sino - India war, the Indian Army gave a bloody nose to the Chinese in the Battle of Walong. The Bravehearts of Indian Army halted the advancing PLA soldiers for 27 days which forced them to sidestep its reserve division from Tawang Sector to Walong.