Ludhiana: Brigadier Inder Mohan Singh (retirees) Ludhiana only had three months of service under his belt, 20 years old and second lieutenant in 69 armored regimens when he found himself fighting with a famous battle “Heri” with the Indian border with East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
“I was assigned to the army on August 22, 1971, after completing my training at the training school officer (now the Academy Training Officer) in Madras.
I joined 69 armored regiments on September 5 and on September 20 that year.
Indian and Pakistan’s arm officers after The war in Rangpur, Brig Inder Mohan was an officer who stood in third place from the right of the regiment placed in Bagdogra.
From there, we went to Debijhora Tea Garden and then gradually moved to Hilli, “The Brigadier said.
“We rushed to Hilli in November as 8 guards and 5 Garhwal rifles had experienced severe victims.
B of the Regiment Squadron under S C Mehra rushed to save the situation, but it was too late and our attack was truly defeated.
Between November 23 and November 3 , there is no progress achieved in capturing Hili.
On December 3, we realized that we realized that the only way to advance the operation was to bypass Hilli from the north and attacked from behind.
“He added even as a battle to take place in Heri! There was a cohesive plan to arrest him from December 3 to December 10, the PIR Ganj area on December 3.
Ganj “Leading Tank Commander, 2nd Lt Sunder Singh, Missed the Main General of the Pakistani Army Nazir Hussain Shah, Commander of 16 Infantry Officials, on December 7 on the same date, LT CP Singh who followed Him reached the road to find the vehicle MAF Gen Shah.
He pulled him To PIR Ganj and the vehicle flag and the star plate is displayed in our regiment, “Brigadier said.
“It was the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Pawittar Singh who brought that day for the 20th division of the mountain,” he said.
Saved a pak mohan who was saved, he was in a leading tank from Herak to Ghoraghat on December 11.
On the way, he saw a large crowd of civilians.
When he reached close, he saw a Pakistani soldier with a lower bullet in his lower legs involved with the rocks by the crowd.
“I remember he had a rifle.
Because I have spent most of my life in Kolkatta and I know Bengali, I talked to civilians and saved his life.
Then, we called ambulance, who took us to our military hospital.
In war, wrong Our one tank was hit on December 12 near Meetha Perukur and Tank driver, Lance Dafedar Sahab Singh, who was considered to have died, was saved by the Punjab Battalion of the Pakistani army and sent to their hospital in serious condition.
This was delivered to us with their co.
We when we first met them on December 16 after the ceasefire, north of Meetha Pukar: that one of our boys was a war prisoner with them.
So a lifetime saved by us is the life obtained, “said Brig Inder Mohan .
“We took the delivery of 29 CAV (tiger) from Sir’s army”.
Officers said that after his surrender, Pakistani soldiers had distributed tea, snacks for them north of Meetetha Pukar on December 16 around noon.
“There, in a few minutes, we forgot we killed each other,” he added.
Punjabi Bonhomie “As soon as our war friends as if we were never even fired with each other.
Most of the Pakistani officers have roots in India The son on the first day after giving up.
I accidentally walked to his residence where he drank tea with his officer.
2 IC (second calculation) Mukhtar Besar Ahmed wanted to visit Jalandhar, his ancestral, “retired officer said.