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1 Maratha LI (Jangi Paltan), 7, 62
1/67 Punjab Regiment, 3, 7, 21, 88
10 Corps, 159
106 Airborne Division, 246
15 Maratha LI, 187
15 Punjab, 133
162 Mountain Brigade, 48
17 J&K Rifles, 102, 103, 133
18 Assam Rifles, 335
19 Maratha LI, 187
1st Airborne Brigade, 260
1st Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, 3–5
2 Maratha LI (Kali Panchwin), 7, 71
2nd Motorized Guards Rifle Division, 246
2/11 Gorkha Rifles (GR), 102, 116, 119, 132, 133
22 Maratha LI, 186, 187
26 Infantry Division, 26, 87
31 Baluch, 62
36th Sikh, 15
5 Maratha LI, 7, 88
68 Mountain Brigade, 133
6th Poona Division, 7
7 Maratha LI, 67, 71
7 Sikh, 113–14
79 Mountain Brigade, 94, 97, 99, 105, 132
8 Assam Rifles, 48, 49
8 Gurkha Rifles, 281
8 J&K LI, 151
8 Mountain Division, 47, 51, 52
81 Mountain Brigade, 44
9 Corps, 206, 207, 347
9 Maratha LI, 32, 43, 48, 51, 52, 54, 63, 66, 71, 73, 74, 79, 80, 90, 187, 274, 316
Abdullah, Farooq, 99
Abdullah, Omar, 219
Abdullah, Sheikh, 218, 219
accord, 219
Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL), 146, 151, 153, 298
Advani, L.K., 166
Afghanistan, 59, 91, 108–09, 119, 167, 213, 241, 242, 252, 254–55, 278
Agashe, Maj A.N., 82
Ahluwalia, Montek Singh, 326
Ahmad, Capt Shakeel, 131
Ahmed, Mahmud, 159
Airy, Brig Ved Prakash, 77–79, 83, 85
Ali, Lt Col Ishfaq, Fangs of Ice–Story of Siachen, 152
All Assam Students’ Union, 223
Aman Setu, 217
Ambala, 18, 128, 194
Anantnag, 100, 102–03
Andaman and Nicobar, 170, 202, 229, 231
Angami, Gen Mowu, 47, 49, 51–54, 220
Angre, Admiral Kanhoji, 185
Anjaria, Capt S.S., 116, 118, 119
Ansari, Vice President Hamid, 326
anti-Chinese feelings, 337
Aram, Dr, 45
Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 226, 227
Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF), 292
Army Information and Technology Advisory Council, 264
Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), 292–93
Army Wives Welfare Association, 293
Army, British Indian, 7, 14, 21, 46, 247
Army, Royal Bhutan, 257
Arunachal Scouts, 320
Ashoka Chakra, 187
Asom Gana Parishad, 223
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 260, 324, 351
asymmetric war, 208
attrition in combat, 14, 202, 216, 346
Auchinleck, Gen Sir Claude JE, 191
Aurangzeb, 13
Aurora, Lt Gen J.S., 61
Australia, 54, 89, 241, 260, 354
Awami League, 59
Awasthi, Lt Col K.L., 43, 50, 54
Aziz, Sartaj, 167
Bahawalpur, 19
Baig Muzaffar Hussain, 198
Balakrishnan, Col N.K., 63
Baluyevsky, Gen Yuri, 246
Bangladesh, People’s Republic of, 60–61, 111, 223–24, 241, 242, 257, 281, 346
Bara Hoti plateau, 146
Barua, Paresh, 224
Beg, Mirza Aslam, 218
Belgaum, 31, 40, 43, 185–86, 292
Bendjedid, Col Chadli, 241
Bhagat, Lt Gen P.S., 139, 280
Bhalla, Lt Gen P.S., 339
Bhandral, Maj P.S., 75, 77
Bhatia, Air Marshal Jimmy, 138
Bhatia, Capt, Ramesh, 57
Bhojwani, Air Cmde S., 164
Bhutan, 241, 242, 256–57, 315, 322
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 60, 149
Bilafond La, 151–52
Bingley, Capt A.H., 15
Blackwill, Robert, 268
Border Security Force, 221, 224
Borphukan, Lachit, 17
Boxiong, Gen Guo, 250
Brar, Maj Gen K.S., 29, 62, 143, 185
Burma, 46–47, 51, 324, 370; see also Myanmar
Cabinet Committee for Security (CCS), 166–67, 229
Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC), 328
career progression in army, 282–83
chairman of chiefs of staff committee (COSC), 229, 232, 233, 240, 246–47, 250, 283, 345, 348
Chaki, Lt Col Ashok, 86
Chanakyaniti, 201
Chand, Dhyan, 296
Chandimandir, 192, 193, 197
Chattisgarh, 210, 226
Chaudhri, Col U.R., 117
Chaugule, Naik Parshuram, 89
Chawla, Navin, 326
Chetak, 179, 189
Chetwode, Gen Sir Philip W., 191
chief of defence staff (CDS), 228–32, 247, 259, 352
chief of integrated defence staff (CISC), 229, 231
China, 47, 51, 52, 144–46, 149, 152, 187, 200, 205, 210, 220, 221, 233, 241–42, 244, 249–51, 260, 269, 298, 315, 324–25, 327, 334, 337–38, 343–44, 348, 350, 353
Chinese, 37, 47, 48, 52–53, 145–46, 152, 249–51, 298, 316, 325, 337
Chomsky, Noam, 211
Churchill, Winston, 353
Clinton, Bill, 161
Cohen, Prof Stephen P., 349–50
confidence-building measures, 217, 251, 253
conflict resolution in J&K, 219
conflict, low-intensity, 93, 135, 205, 208, 211, 344
Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, 220
counterinsurgency, 54, 71, 106, 144, 171, 198, 208–11, 216, 220, 226, 362, 370
institute, 210, 226
operations, 198, 208–09, 211, 216, 220
counterterrorism, 97, 100, 166, 210, 211, 214–16, 228, 241–42, 245, 319, 345–46
counterterrorist exercise ‘Indra’, 245–46
D’Souza, Maj Gen E., 8, 185
D’Souza, Maj Gen Kevin, 104
Dalai Lama, His Holiness the, 326
Daultala, 5
Dave, A., 320
Defence Services Staff College (Wellington), 62–64, 67, 242, 307
Dev, Guru Arjan, 12–13
Dhana, 61, 62
Dhillon, Lt Col J.S., 68, 70
Dhingra, Brigadier, K.C., 99
Dimapur, 43–45, 223
disaster management, army’s role in, 145, 241–42, 353
Dogra kingdom, 149
Dras Sector, 156, 160–62, 166, 370
Dugal, Gagan, 142, 173
Dugal, Maj Gen M.S., 142
East Pakistan, 60, 221; see also Bangladesh
Empire, British, 9, 15, 149, 249, 306
Empire, Khalsa, 14
esprit de corps, 36, 70, 139, 201, 274, 296, 320
Everest expedition, 298–300, 332 by women, 298–300, 332–33
Exercise
Poorna Vijay, 174–84, 189, 192
collateral damage in, 180
decontamination unit in, 176, 178
harsh conditions in, 155, 177
in the desert of Rajasthan, 176, 231
joint army-air offensive, 178
nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare shelter in, 176, 178
Sange Shakti, 193
Trishakti, 88
ex-servicemen (ESM), state board of, 338–39
Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), 203, 286
Feodorovich, Col Gen Alexie Maslov, 246
Fernandes, Col A.F. (Tony), 71, 73
Fernandes, George, 145, 153, 172
France, 5, 9, 91, 92, 241, 246–47, 311
Futuristic Infantry Soldier (F-INSAS) programme, 262
Gamlin, Jarbom, 339
Gandhi, Mahatma, 94
Gandhi, Indira, 88, 149, 315
Gandhi, Rajiv, 250, 315, 327
Ganpats, 6, 88
Garg, Ankur, 318
Gautam, Lt Gen A.K., 140
Geneva conventions, 62
Georgelin, Gen Jean Louis, 247
Germany, 6, 36, 93, 273
Gilgit, 109, 159, 163, 219
Gombu, Nawang, 54
Gouder, Maj Gen Venkat, 303
governance, 200, 209, 211, 223, 225–26, 241, 340, 347
Great Game, 149
Gromyko, Andrei, 60
Group of Ministers (GoM), 228–30, 226
Guanglie, Gen Liang, 250
Gulmarg, 71, 168
Gupta, Sushil, 333
Harrison, Maj Andy, 145
Hasan, Maj Gen Javed, 159
High Altitude Warfare School, 168
Highly Active Field Area (HAFA) allowance, 171
Hillary, Sir Edmund, 298
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), 54, 59, 298
Hindus, 11–13, 16, 19, 20, 60
Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), 112, 237
hostages, rescuing, 15, 100, 131, 145
human rights, 52, 100, 112, 198, 211–13, 215, 227
Hussain, President Zakir, 54
impact of 9/11, 182, 204, 251
Imphal, 45, 287
Independence, India’s, 19, 220, 277, 296, 308, 314, 317, 337, 343, 353, 354
East Pakistan, 60
for Nagaland, 220, 222
India and multilateral global and regional groupings, 259, 260
India, challenges facing, 205–07
Indian Air Force, 29, 92, 169, 186, 238–39
Indian Army, 3, 14–15, 19, 39, 108, 144, 159–60, 170, 184, 194–99, 206, 207, 264, 268, 281, 294, 298, 301–04, 307–08, 353, 356, 370–72
and 6th Pay Commission, 233, 283–85
and career progression in, 282–83
and IAF, 151
and Pakistan, 99
and Royal Bhutan Army, 257
and Sachar Committee, 290–91
and sports, adventure activities in, 296, 299
achievements of, 160–61
basha, innovation of, 26
cold start strategy, 207
combat dress in, 288
emergency commissioning, 37, 38, 41
expansion of the, 139
handling terrorism and insurgency by, 208, 211, 220, 245
helped set up military academies in Ethiopia and Nigeria, 242
martyrs of, 187
Nepalese soldiers in, 255–56
night-fighting capability in, 178, 192, 200, 202, 261–62, 266, 345–46 plans for modernization in, 261–64, 346
role of bania in, 42–43
Sierra Leone helped by, 145
transport requirements in, 136–37
victories of, 61–62, 99, 150–51, 155, 159, 161–63
welfare of all ranks in, 282
women’s role in, 182, 269, 275–76
Indian Military Academy (IMA), 5, 18, 37–39, 191, 294, 340
Indian Navy, 170, 186, 234, 330
Indian Parliament, attack on, 182, 188, 235, 344
Indo-Myanmar border, 76, 315, 346
Indonesia, 241, 260
insurgency, 97, 99, 112, 133, 200, 205–06, 208, 210, 211, 218, 220, 221, 225, 258, 288, 318–19
Integrated Defence Staff, 202, 229, 231
intelligence agencies, 188, 215, 229, 349
Intelligence School (Pune), 46, 56–58, 63, 103
Iraq, 7–8, 29, 119, 192, 208, 213, 242, 245
ISI, 156, 159, 167
Ivanov, Sergei, 246
J&K, conflict resolution in, 219
Jackson, Gen Sir Mike, 247–48
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM), 112, 188, 252
Jamalpur, battle of, 62
Jamwal, Lt Gen A.S., 287
Jangi Laat, 197, 199, 304
Japan, 46, 139, 205, 241, 244, 260, 324
Jassal, Raminder, 164
jehadis, 97, 99, 107–08, 111–12, 158, 164, 205, 210, 216, 217, 252, 268
Jehangir, 12
Jiechie, Yang, 250
Joshi, Gen B.C., ten commandments of, 211, 293
Joshi, Lt Gen P., 175, 177
Joshimath sector, 298
Jubar area, 161
Kadyan, Brig Raj, 94
Kahlon, Lt Gen R.I.S., 136
Kailahun, 145
Kala, Lt Gen H.B., 141, 142
Kalam, A.P.J. Abdul, 194, 199, 235, 262, 290
Kalkat, Lt Col Har Ranjit, 71
Kandal, Maj Gen M.P.S., 140
Kapadia, Harish, 149
Karachi agreement (1949), 149
Karachi, 18, 111, 170, 252, 306
Karakoram Pass, 147, 149, 150, 152, 154
Karakoram Range, 110, 147, 149, 205
Kasuri, Khurshid M., 238
Kaul, Lt Gen Hridya, 150
kendriya vidyalayas, inadequacy of, 292
Kenya, 138
Khan, A.Q., 253, 350
Khan, Capt Karnal Sher, 165
Khan, Mohammad Aziz, 159
Khandu, Dorjee, 315, 318, 320, 339–40
air crash of, 339
Khanjangkuki, 45–46
Khapalu, 152
Khaplang, S.S., 222
Khetarpal, 2nd Lt Arun, 183
Kiphire, 48
Kismaayo, 138
Kissinger, Dr Henry, 254
Kitchener, Gen Viscount, 191
Kohima, 45–46, 294
Kohli, M.S., 296
Koiboto, 52
Kokernag, 100–01
Kumar, Capt Suresh, 122–23, 125, 127
Kumar, Lt Col Narinder, 54, 296
Kumar, Meira, 326
Kut-el-Amara, 5, 7, 88
Kargil war, 62, 145, 153, 155–73, 206, 228, 235, 285, 308, 320, 370
and chief of defence staff, 228–31, 259, 352
Gen J.J. Singh’s personal observation on, 166–70
historical record prepared by Gen J.J. Singh, 170–71
Operation Vijay, 166, 168, 171
Pakistan’s role, 62, 155, 157, 161, 168, 235
Pakistani Operation Badr, 146, 157–58, 162–64
role of Indian Air Force, 169–70
Operation ‘Safed Sagar’, 169–70
role of Indian Navy, 170
Tiger Hill, 160–61, 164–65, 168
Ladakh region, 109, 147, 150, 168, 205, 298, 320
Laden, Osama Bin, 235, 350
Lakshman, Shankar, 296
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) 112, 120, 188, 237, 252
left-wing extremists (LWE), 225
Lidder, Brigadier Jasbir, 175
line of actual control (LAC), 145, 205, 228, 298
Line of Control (LoC), 67–69, 97–99, 104, 112, 113, 115, 116, 131, 132, 149–51, 155, 157, 159–62, 165–67, 170, 187, 190, 205, 217–20, 228, 236–39, 251, 274, 298
Lokhande, Prashant, 312
Look East Policy, 260, 323–24
LTTE, 135, 257–58
MacArthur, Gen Douglas, 278
Maharaj, Chhatrapati Shahu, 7, 187
Chhatrapati Shivaji, 6, 7, 17, 185, 187
Rajaram Chhatrapati, 187
Mahrattas, 5, 7, 9
Malari, 63
Malhotra, Brig S.S., 51
Malhotra, Brig V.P., 82, 83
Malik, Capt Taimur, 165
Malik, Maj Gen V.P., 101, 103, 166, 198
Manekshaw, Gen S.H.F.J. (Sam), 26, 48, 53, 61, 280
Manipur, 200, 213, 222, 223, 346
Mann, Maj R.P.S. (Rajpal), 115
Mao Tse-tung, 51
Maratha LI Regimental Centre, 7, 40, 41, 43, 54, 185, 186, 187, 291
Maratha LI, 5, 6, 29, 41, 43, 48, 51, 52, 54, 62, 63, 66, 67, 71, 73, 74, 79, 80, 88, 90, 184–87, 247, 274, 280, 299, 300, 304, 316
Mardana, 11
Mashko Sector, 156, 161, 169
Mason, Philip, A Matter of Honour, 15
Mayadas, Maj Gen Misbah, 77, 79, 81
Mazari, Shireen, The Kargil Conflict, 164, 168
media, 197
and Gen J.J. Singh, 197–98, 211, 213–14, 215, 217, 227, 235, 251, 276–78, 290–91, 294
and terrorists, 125–26
Indian, 164, 177, 178, 237, 279, 325
Pakistan, 164, 217, 252, 307
seminar on army-media relationship, 194
Meghalaya, 224, 325
Mehta, Capt S.S., 63
Member of the British Empire (MBE), 15
Menon, V.K. Krishna, 37
Mesopotamian campaign, 7, 9
Mikhailov Artillery Academy, 246
military diplomacy, 240–43, 258, 351
Ministry for the Development of Northeast Region (DoNER), 323
Misra, Brajesh, 166–67
missile systems, Prithvi and Agni, 262
Mission Olympics, 297
Mizo National Front, 223
Mizoram, 107, 223
mobile defence, 77–80, 84
Model village, Tithwal, 238
Mogadishu, 138
Mohammad, Bakshi Ghulam, 219
Mombasa, 138
Mountbatten Plan, 20
Mra, Tapi, 332
Muivah, T., 47, 49, 52, 221, 222
Mujahideen, 112, 157, 159, 162–65, 167, 237
Mujib-ur-Rehman, Sheikh, 59–60
Mukherjee, Pranab, 199, 237, 298, 340, 348
Mukti Bahini, 60–61
Muntho Dhalo, 169
Musharraf, Pervez, 152, 156, 158–60, 163–65, 169, 189–90, 218, 252–53, 306–08, 349–50
In the Line of Fire, 165
Muzaffarabad, 217–18, 237, 253
Myitkina, 325
Myanmar, 76, 222, 224, 241, 258–59, 315, 325, 334, 346; see also Burma
Nachiketa, Flt Lt, 170
Naga rebels, 45, 47, 221
Nagpal, Lt Col Brij Mohan, 118
Naik, Air Chief Marshal, 336
Nalwa, Hari Singh, 14, 17
Nambiar, Vijay, 91
Nanak, Guru, 10–12
Nath, Lt Gen Surinder, 114, 118
National Cadet Corps, 276, 339
National Defence Academy (NDA), 33–38, 41, 42, 271, 294, 303
National Democratic Front of Bodoland of Assam, 257
National Heart Institute, 333
National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), 221–22, 224, 319, 346
natural disasters, army’s role in earthquake in Bhuj, 145
cyclone in Orissa, 145, 171–72
Kashmir, (snow tsunami, earthquake), 236–37
Naxals, 205, 210, 225–26, 347, 369–70
Nehru, B.K., 221
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 33, 37, 44, 315
Nepal, 182, 241, 255–57, 299, 332
neutralization of Naga rebels, 54
night-fighting capability, 178, 192, 200, 202, 261–62, 266, 345–46
NJ 9842, 147, 149–50, 154
Norgay, Tenzing, 54, 298
Northern Light Infantry (NLI), 151, 155
NSCN (IM), 222
NSCN (K), 222, 224
Nubra valley, 147
nuclear tests in Pokhran, 145
Obama, Barack, 244, 343
Obasanjo, Gen, 242
Oberoi, Lt Gen V., 138, 184, 185
Operation
Badr (Pakistani operation), 146, 157–58, 162–64
Gibralter (Pakistani operation), 99
Just Resolve, 102
Khukri, 145
Meghdoot, 150
Mousetrap, 115, 120
Parakram, 188–93, 207, 344
Sadbhavana, 214
Shakti, 233–35
Topac (Pakistani operation), 97, 99
botched-up, 101
cordon-and-search, 104–07, 128, 130–31,
Orissa, 145, 171, 172, 210, 226
Padmanabhan, Gen S., 178, 198, 297
Pakistan army, 60, 61, 111, 150, 151–52, 155–56, 159–67, 169, 216, 218, 349
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), 98, 109, 152, 163, 217–18, 237–38, 253
Pandu, 44
Pannu, Col P.J.S., 186, 304
Partition of India, 10, 19–20, 88, 111, 248, 293, 306
passing out from the Academy, 37, 38, 39, 340
Patil, President Pratibha Devisingh, 326
Patil, Sachin, 300
Patil, Col Sambhaji, 187
Patil, Shivraj, 312
Patkai, 46, 49
pay commission cell, 283
People’s Liberation Army, 250
Phek, 45, 46, 48
Phizo, Z.A., 220
Pitre, Maj Gen K.G., 139
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojana (PMGSY), 330
Pradhan, Col N.K., 102
Prakash, Admiral Arun, 278
Prasad, Maj Gen Niranjan, 23
Prasad, Mata, 320
prisoners of war (POWs), 8, 61–62, 162, 170
Punia, Brig Rajpal, 145
Punjab, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 57, 71, 88, 107, 111, 133, 172, 193, 194, 218, 219, 331
Pune (also Poona), 7, 33, 36, 46, 56–59, 61–62, 71, 135, 186, 286, 292–93, 297, 306
Quest for Excellence, 192
quick reaction team (QRT), 115, 116, 119
Quinghong, Zeng, 250
Radcliffe Award, 20
Raghavan, Lt Gen V.R., 76, 154, 232
Raja, K.A.A., 320
Rajkhowa, Arabinda, 224
Ram, Maj Gen Samay, 135–36
Randhawa, Jyoti, 142
Randhawa, Air Mshl, T.S., 186
Rao, Gen Krishna, K.V., 292
Rao, Maj Gen K.R., 283
Rao, Narasimha, 250
Rao, Nirupama, 251
Rathore, Rajyavardhan Singh, 296
Ravindranathan, C.P., 93
Rawalpindi, 5, 10, 18, 111, 306, 307
Rawat, Maj Gen J.S. (Jimmy), 88
Rawlley, Maj Gen N.C., 48, 52
Red Cross, 9, 213
Reidel, Bruce, 164
Roychowdhury, Gen Shankar, 142
Rumsfeld, Donald, 245
Russia, 92, 142, 149, 205, 210, 241, 243–46, 254, 260, 262
SAARC, 260, 351
Sachar Committee, 290, 291
sainik sammelan, 43, 66, 70, 74
Sainik Schools, 276, 294
Saltoro range, 146–54
Samasata, 19
Sandhu, Satpal, 63
Sangha, Rana, 17
Saragarhi, 15
Sathe, Ram, 150
Sawant, Naik Balwant, 52
Schoomaker, Gen Peter J., 245
Se La, 37, 339
security group, apex, 210
security scenario, 204–07, 346
Selja, Kumari, 330
Sema, Zuheto, 47, 221
seminar on, army-media relationship, 194
‘heavy breakthrough’, 142, 192
Sena medals, 52, 77, 114, 118, 133, 170, 285
Shaksgam valley, 149, 152
Sharif, Nawaz, 158, 161, 163, 164, 235
Sheikh, Fatta, 131–32
Shekatkar, Maj D.B., 48
Shillong Peace Accord, 221–23
Shimla talks (1972), 149, 161
Shinde, Maj. Y.S. (Baban), 48, 51, 52
Sia La, 149, 151
Siachen, 146, 147, 150–54, 157, 285, 298, 299
Sikhism, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 110
Sikkim, 64, 86, 205, 224–25, 314, 331, 340
Singapore, 139, 210, 241, 259, 324
Singh, ‘Bunny’ Chetinder, 303
Singh, Brig Harwant, 73
Singh, Brig Hoshiar, 37
Singh, Capt V.K., 115, 116, 123
Singh, Digvijay, 142
Singh, Gen V.K., 278–80
Singh, Guru Gobind, 13, 17
Singh, Jaswant, 178
Singh, Gen J.J.,
a talk with Kashmiri villagers, 106–11
accompanied PM (visit to glacier), 153
achievements, ‘Sikh of the Year 2007’ Award, 111
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, 171
commendation of the chief of army staff, 133
compliment by JCO, 136
conducted operations, 132
letter of appreciation from defence minister, 182–83
Param Vishisht Seva Medal, 194
Vishisht Seva Medal, 77, 86
ambush, escaped, 121–28
and Indo-Pak dialogue, 146, 153
and media, 197–98, 211, 213–14, 215, 217, 227, 235, 251, 276–78, 290–91, 294
and Musharraf, 306–08
and sports, 56, 59, 66, 142, 203, 275, 297, 333
as brigade commander at Baramulla, 104–06, 112–133
as young officer at Belgaum, 40–43, 54, 185, 186
as CO at Binaguri, 86
as visitor to infantry brigade in Somalia on UN mission, 138
as ‘A’ Company Commander with 9 Maratha LI at Jalandhar, 66
as ADGMO at Army HQ, Delhi, 144, 147, 153, 155, 162, 167, 170, 172, 174, 176
as adjutant at Hyderabad, 56
as army chief, 29, 57, 153, 158, 187, 197, 199, 213, 226, 236, 240, 246, 251, 256, 259, 269, 279, 283, 289, 302, 345
key objectives, 199–203
as BM of 123 Mountain Brigade at New Mal, 64
as brigade commander of 79
Mountain Brigade at J&K, 94, 97–103
as DDGOL, Army HQ in Delhi, 135
as defence attaché at Algeria, 89, 240–41
as GOC of 9 Infantry Division at Meerut, 139–43
as GOC-in-C of ARTRAC, 190, 191, 193
as GOC-in-C of Western Command, 192
as governor of Arunachal Pradesh, 307, 312, 314, 317–19, 323–25, 327, 330, 335, 340, 356
swearing-in oath, 318
authored the doctrine for the army, 191–94, 207
brother: S.J.S. Marwah, 29, 33, 55
childhood, 22–23
CO of 5th Royal at Hyderabad, 88
CO of 9 Maratha LI at Tezu, 71
command of 1 Corps at Mathura, 174-83
commissioning, 5, 37
course
Defence Services Staff
Course, 63–64
General Intelligence Course, 56
Higher Command Course, 86–87
mountaineering, 54, 298
National Defence College Course, 133–34, 242, 256
daughter: Sonia, 63, 66, 71, 91, 142, 173, 356
daughter-in-law: Anna, 172
drill, ‘khopdi’, 104–05
elected colonel of the Maratha LI, 184
encouraged high technology, 192
family roots and traditions, 3
father: Lt Col J.S. Marwah, 6, 18–21, 24–26, 28–29, 33, 39, 111, 247, 296, 340
foster children: Kuljit Kumar and James Klengto, 294
Gen S. Padmanabhan on, 198
Gen V.P. Malik on, 103, 198
granddaughters
Anne-Tara, Marie-Sana, 172
Seerat, 173
grandfather: Sep Atma Singh, 3–6, 7, 9
grandsons
Sumair, 173
Suveer, 173
gunshot wound in J&K, 116–20
honorary colonel of the Maratha LI, 187, 247
important events as chairman of CoSC, 233
in HQ 26 Infantry Division at Jammu, 87
instructor at Intelligence School (Pune), 56, 61, 71
‘iron-fist-and-velvet-glove’, 97, 106, 112, 211, 345
Jai Jawan Awas Yojana scheme, 292
key result areas (KRAs), 74, 100, 200, 240, 270, 286
letter to bid adieu, 301–02
most significant event, 199
mother: Jaspal Kaur, 18, 29
motto, ‘Fight to Win,’ 139, 182, 199
official visits to foreign countries, 134–35, 145–46, 240–60, 263, 279
prepared official record of Kargil war, 170–71
schooling, 22, 25–26, siblings, 29
son: Vivek, 63, 66, 71, 91, 93, 172, 356
spirituality of, 10–11, 17, 354–55
study on transport requirements in Indian Army, 136–37
superannuation, 187, 233
sword from Maharaja (Kolhapur), 187
‘warrior and a winner’, 182, 268, 354
with 5 Maratha LI at Hyderabad, 88–90
with 7 Maratha LI at Tangdhar, 67–71
with 9 Maratha LI at Malari, 63
with 9 Maratha LI at Nagaland, 43–55
Singh, K. Natwar, 238
Singh, Khushwant
History of Sikhs, 11
Train to Pakistan, 20
Singh, Lt Col Harjit, 131
Singh, Lt Gen Narendra, 187
Singh, Lt Gen P.K., 66
Singh, Lt Navdeep, 187
Singh, Maharaja Ranjit, 14–15, 17
Singh, Maharaja Ranbir, 26–27
Singh, Maj Gen Bachittar, 71
Singh, Maj Gen Dalbir, 139
Singh, Milkha, 296
Singh, Patwant, 14
Singh, Manmohan, 153, 199, 218, 245, 247, 317, 324, 351
Singh, Rohini (wife, also called Anupama), 20, 57–59, 64–72, 78, 86, 91, 103, 119, 180–81, 199, 238, 281, 293, 294, 302, 311–12, 314, 321, 326, 336, 356
artist and an entrepreneur, 93, 143, 321
as president, Army Wives Welfare Association, 293, 333
parents of, 57
Singh, S.K. 320
Singh, Sardar Swaran, 52
Singh, Sriram, 296
Singh, Subedar Bana, 151
Singh, Zorawar, 17
Sinha, Lt Gen S.K., 280
Sinha, Yashwant, 166
Sino-Indian relations, 249–50, 348
Skardu, 109, 147, 159, 163, 219
Slim, Gen W.J. (Bill), 46, 201
Somalia, 138, 243
Somra Tract, 46
South Western Command, 193, 202, 206, 207, 347
Special Plan Assistance programme, 323, 330
Special Services Group, 151, 155
Sri Lanka, 121, 135, 241, 242, 257–58
Srinagar, 27, 28, 67, 97, 99, 117–18, 159, 216, 237, 253
Stagg, Sir Richard, 326
Strategic Forces Command, 202, 229, 231
Sultan, Tipu, 17
Summanwar, Maj Deepak, 78, 85
Swu, Issac, 47, 49, 51–52, 221
Swu, Scato, 221
Talwar, Brig N.K., 65–66
Team Arunachal, 321
terror attacks in cities, 218
terrorism, 94, 107, 182, 188, 189, 200, 204–06, 208–27, 241, 254, 288, 294, 319, 324, 344
terrorist, letter found on a dead, 109
Thailand, 314, 324
Thampi, Maj M.N.S., 48, 66, 82
Thapar, Gen P.N., 37
Thinouselie, Gen, 221, 223
Thosar, Hav Vinayak, 75, 77
Tiger Hill, 160–61, 165, 168, 370
Tinmaung, 52
Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal A.Y., 178, 179
Tololing, 160, 161, 370
treaty of friendship, 60
tri-service, integrated organizations, 33, 63, 229, 231, 233, 250, 276, 282–83
considerations for, 230–32
Tuensang, 47–48
Tuki, Nabam, 340
Uban, Lt Col G.S., 78
UK, 145, 210, 241, 247, 279, 314
United Nations (UN), 138, 145, 162, 243–44, 343
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), 200, 224, 257, 319, 346
USA, 134, 244
USSR, 244
Vadehra, Maj Gen P.S. (Prem), 64, 143
Vaidya, Lt Gen A.S., 48, 77, 81
Vairangte, 220
Vajpayee, A.B., 166, 233, 250
Varma, Maj Gen Inder, 121, 130
Varthaman, Air Marshal S., 336
Vasanth, Col V., 187
Victoria Cross, 139, 280
Vij, Lt Gen N.C., 166, 191, 194
Vijaynagar, 334–36
Vision 2020, 324
Wadke, Lt Col M.B., 43, 45, 46
Wangchuk, King Jigme Khesar
Namgyel, 242, 256
war game, 87, 140, 207, 231, 270
War
Anglo-Sikh, 14
asymmetric, 208
First World, 6, 7, 9, 20, 23, 88, 117, 247
Indo-Pak (1947–48), 87, 147
Indo-Pak (1965), 99, 174
Indo-Pak (1971), 29, 60, 87, 111, 139, 149, 174, 183, 221, 344
Second World, 18, 38, 46, 57, 79, 139, 187, 247, 273, 278, 280, 306, 325, 354
Sino-Indian, 37, 334
Wavell, Gen Sir Archibald P., 191, 353
West Bengal, 210
Western Command, 61, 66, 139, 140, 192, 193, 197, 286
WikiLeaks, 213
Wilkinson, Paul, 216
Yunan province, 47, 51
Zaki, Lt Gen M.A., 99, 101, 103, 111, 118
Zia-ul-Haq, President, 93, 152
Zunheboto, 52, 221