My father’s gardens
Manjula Mathur was born to Bengali parents in Kolkata on 29th May 1955. Her father was an Indian Army doctor, and her mother a home-maker. She travelled extensively in India with her parents, and lived ...	Monday, 01 April 2019
Category: Stories/Armed Forces Heroes
Editor's note: We want to to remember the soldiers of India's Armed Forces. We invite their family members, friends, colleagues and others who knew them to send us their recollections about their family ...	Saturday, 07 April 2018
The Martyrs of the 1962 War
Editor's note: This is an effort to remember the Indian soldiers who died in the 1962 war against China. We invite their family members, friends, colleagues and others who knew them to send us their ...	Saturday, 07 April 2018
Lajwanti: Triumph and Tragedy
... shabby, hand-stitched shoes to underpaid soldiers in the British Indian Army. [It is strange how histories of two distinct people intertwine themselves. I would not have imagined that my great-grandmother ...	Tuesday, 20 March 2018
From Bannu to Corning – Notwithstanding the trauma of Partition
... Brigade with good housing, wider roads, good water supply. My father transferred from MES to the British Indian Army Royal Engineers in 1939, and was sent to Iraq as part of famous Bannu Brigade. His expertise ...	Friday, 20 October 2017
Victory day of the 1971 war
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... his time to learning Carnatic music, Sanskrit and Hindu scriptures, and to traveling. My elder brother, Sri K. K. Venkatraman was a Captain in the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army in the late 1960s ...	Friday, 29 September 2017
The Rise and Fall of the Princely State of Alwar
... during Mangal Singh's rule. He was decorated with Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Star of India (GCSI) and made an honorary Colonel in the Indian Army. "Khitabe fauj men Karnal, sawai GCSI" is how ...	Sunday, 16 April 2017
Major Rama Raghoba Rane - Param Vir Chakra Awardee (Number 3)
... Armed Forces, provided the time of the event was at least 30 years ago. Our contact is indiaofthepast@gmail.com ______________ This section is adapted mainly from the official Indian Army account, ...	Friday, 20 January 2017
Naik Jadunath Singh – Param Vir Chakra Awardee (Number 2)
... This section is adapted from the official Indian Army account and Wikipedia. Naik Jadunath Singh, a Rathore Rajput, was born on 21 November 1916 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His parents were Birbal ...	Friday, 13 January 2017
My brother: handsome, witty, generous, tragic
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
... After matriculation, he flunked the entrance test or tough physical examinations more than once. He had set his heart on joining the Indian Army. Our father had also encouraged it. The post-colonial Indian ...	Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Major Somnath Sharma – First Param Vir Chakra Awardee
... Forces, provided the time of the event was at least 30 years ago. Our contact is indiaofthepast@gmail.com ______________ This section is adapted mainly from the official Indian Army account and the ...	Sunday, 08 January 2017
Brigadier Raghubir Singh – Maha Vir Chakra
... Armed Forces, provided the time of the event is at least 30 years ago. Our contact is indiaofthepast@gmail.com Name: Raguhbir Singh Service: Indian Army Unit/Corps: Final Rank: Brigadier Date ...	Thursday, 29 December 2016
Colonel Nawal Singh Rajawat – Vir Chakra
Editor's note: Colonel Rajawat, who lives in Jaipur, is one of the strong and silent men of the Indian Army. This story has been compiled by Subhash Mathur, who lives in Jaipur. We welcome additional materials ...	Friday, 16 December 2016
From Khyber to Kanya Kumari
... University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore) joined Roorkee engineering college (now IIT Roorkee). After he got his degree, he joined the Indian Army's Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) Corps, ...	Friday, 14 August 2015
Summer Holiday in Chail (night in jail) and Simla
... seemed to have their own rooms. Jitinder's mother and father were very pleasant. His father was a radiologist who had retired as a brigadier from the Indian Army. Shorter than Jitinder but equally fair, ...	Thursday, 02 July 2015
Editor's note: This is an effort to remember the members of the Indian Armed Forces who died in the 1962 war with China. The complete list of the Indian Army personnel who died in the 1962 war is available ...	Saturday, 30 August 2014
Saklibai and her Family
Category: Stories/Stories About Women
... including a bout with early-diagnosed Breast cancer and a Mastectomy at the Indian Army Southern Command Military Hospital, in Poona. Saklibai along with my mother, Diwali, were her primary care givers. ...	Tuesday, 19 August 2014
... Indian Army truck, driven and guarded by Gurkhas, took them safely to the Attari-Wagah checkpoint. Later, they were allotted a big house in Lahore's Shahdara, which had been evacuated by a wealthy Hindu ...	Friday, 18 April 2014
My paternal Sikh-Christian-Muslim family
... salute the Indian Army, and particularly the Armoured Corps (formerly the Indian Cavalry) for treating my parents with decency and dignity. When my parents died, I was struggling in distant London. Epilogue ...	Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Churchill on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
... to native troops was one to five. The native Indian Army had a powerful artillery, of which they made tremendous use. There were no railways, no modern appliances, and yet the Mutiny was effectively suppressed ...	Tuesday, 23 July 2013