Ludhiana: He only has one year of army service under his belt when the Indo-Pak War 1971 broke.
For Brig S gill (retirees), the closest shaving he had during the conflict was when the flake almost missed him and went through his turban during the shiting paxes in the east.
Brig Gill, who now lives in the southern city of Ludhiana, said he was assigned as the second lieutenant in the Indian Army on December 20, 1970, after he completed his training at the National Defense Academy and the Indian Military Academy.
“I was posted with artillery and representatives at Haldwani in Uttarakhand (then Uttar Pradesh).
In August 1971, we were transferred to Binaguri, who was on the border of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
I posted as a weapon position officer.
For several months, there is a battle between us And Pakistani soldiers in the Rangpur-Dinajpur sector in East Pakistan (today Bangladesh), but then the first sepoial war began, “said Brig Gill, who is now 73 years old.
Abbreviation of the name Brig Gill expanded to Sukhkarn Singh.
“I still remember the time when my arms position was peeled by Pakistani artillery.
One of the flagships passed through my turban that night.
We reply but losing three men and some colleagues were also injured.
However, we continued to fight and then entered the shaft of the Rangpur-Dabajpur and arrested Thakurgaon , Burgmari.
In the end, Pakistani soldiers surrendered, “he added.
Brig Gill felt lucky to have survived fragments.
He said when he returned home in February 1972, he took the turban and gave him to his mother, Satwant Kaur.
His expression, he said, is: “Bacha Bach style Hi (my son has been saved).” He preserved the turban.