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Soldiers of the Indian Army at HAWS (High Altitude Warfare School), Siachen Glacier, Jammu & Kashmir.
 
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Major General Ian Cardozo was a young major in the 5 Gorkha Rifles in the 1971 war with Pakistan. In a swift military offensive, India defeated Pakistan within 13 days, liberated a region and led to the creation of Bangladesh.

In the war, the then Major Cardozo stepped on a landmine and had to cut off his badly wounded leg with his own khukri.

Yet, through sheer will power and determination, he did not let his disability come in the way of his duty as a soldier and went on to become the first disabled officer in the Indian Army to command an infantry battalion and a brigade.

At that time, He was still not wounded. There was a BSF commander who got panicky when he saw all these fellows (prisoners) and asked: "Please send someone here.' He told the CO that He would go. He did not know that He was walking on a minefield. He stepped on a mine and his leg blew off.

A Bangladeshi saw this happening, he picked him up and took him to the battalion headquarters. They were feeling bad. He told the doctor, 'Give me some morphine.' They had no#8800 it had been destroyed during the operations. 'Do you have any Pethidine?' 'No'

He told him: 'Could you cut this off?'

He said: 'I don't have any instrument.'

He asked my batman: 'Where is my KHUKHRI ?'

He said: 'Here it is, Sir.'

He told him: 'Cut it off.'

He answered in Gorkhali: 'Sir, I can't do it.'

He told him: 'Give it to me. I cut my leg off " and ordered: 'Now go and bury it.'

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Major General Ian Cardozo was a young major in the 5 Gorkha Rifles in the 1971 war with Pakistan. In a swift military offensive, India defeated Pakistan within 13 days, liberated a region and led to the creation of Bangladesh.

In the war, the then Major Cardozo stepped on a landmine and had to cut off his badly wounded leg with his own khukri.

Yet, through sheer will power and determination, he did not let his disability come in the way of his duty as a soldier and went on to become the first disabled officer in the Indian Army to command an infantry battalion and a brigade.

At that time, He was still not wounded. There was a BSF commander who got panicky when he saw all these fellows (prisoners) and asked: "Please send someone here.' He told the CO that He would go. He did not know that He was walking on a minefield. He stepped on a mine and his leg blew off.

A Bangladeshi saw this happening, he picked him up and took him to the battalion headquarters. They were feeling bad. He told the doctor, 'Give me some morphine.' They had no#8800 it had been destroyed during the operations. 'Do you have any Pethidine?' 'No'

He told him: 'Could you cut this off?'

He said: 'I don't have any instrument.'

He asked my batman: 'Where is my KHUKHRI ?'

He said: 'Here it is, Sir.'

He told him: 'Cut it off.'

He answered in Gorkhali: 'Sir, I can't do it.'

He told him: 'Give it to me. I cut my leg off " and ordered: 'Now go and bury it.'

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Dayum.
I feel a little jolt inside my chest followed by pride every time I come across such stories.
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On 20 Mar 15 based on intelligence inputs a joint operation was launched by 39 AR and State Police in Village Zote, Dist Champhai , Mizoram.
During the operation one militant was apprehended along with large quantities of arms and ammunition. The recoveries included 07 -M4A1 Carbines, 01 -AK 56 & 500- 5.56mm rds.

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can someone identify that round cylindrical shaped thing in the solders hand??
 

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