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Continue reading →: Foundations at Yol: “Discipline, Sports, and Brotherhood”
Arrival at Yol (December 1968) My journey as a Grenadier (Sepoy in other Regiments) began at Yol Cantonment in Himachal Pradesh when I reported for duty to 12 Grenadiers. I was placed in Alfa Company, composed largely of Dogras and Punjabis, and allotted No. 3 Platoon. Under the guidance of…
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Continue reading →: From Nasirabad to Yol :Making of a Soldier
Arrival at Nasirabad After my recruitment process — documentation and medical examination — was completed, I reported for duty at the Grenadiers Regimental Centre, Nasirabad, about 14 km from Ajmer on Kota Road, on 27th December 1967. The formal training commenced the very next day, on 28th December 1967.It is…
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Continue reading →: From Khanna to Jodhpur:Life in Sun City
My father retired as a Sub Clerk and was granted an Honorary Commission as Lieutenant in 1964. Soon after, he was appointed Assistant Recruiting Officer at Ajmer, and later Administrative Officer with the 6 Rajasthan Battalion NCC in Jodhpur. With this posting, he made the decisive choice to relocate our…
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Continue reading →: From rejection to resilience
Delhi to Khanna Returning from Delhi after an unsuccessful attempt at better academic environment felt like a setback, but Khanna offered me a second chance. My grandfather, determined to see me educated, took me to AS Higher Secondary School—the only secondary school and was located at the GT Road ‑Samrala…
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Continue reading →: Memoirs of Khanna: from partition roots to adolescent dreams
After an year of unsuccessful stay at Delhi returned to Khanna to join the family and grandparents. As I recollect it was House No 330,Mohalla Dhobian (Could never figure out why it was named so as there was not even a single Dhobi around) ! May be it was named…
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Continue reading →: Under the skies in Delhi
In early 1962 my elder brother Rajender Rai had got employed in the Ministry of Defence as Civilians and my father was nearing his retirement so I was sent to Delhi in 1963 to continue further studies and travelled by Bus/Train from Jammu & was accompanied by his colleague Anti…
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Continue reading →: Humour in olive greens
In the crisp discipline of uniformed services, where duty, decorum, and danger converge daily, humour finds its own quiet command. Whether it’s the witty banter between soldiers in a bunker or the light-hearted jests exchanged over get-togethers, humour becomes more than just comic relief—it’s a resilient coping mechanism, a bridge…
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Continue reading →: An overview of Indo Pak war of 1965
Many world leaders gathered in China to witness the Victory Day Parade at Tiananmen Square recently to commemorate 80 years since the end of World War two. Back home in India, most Indians do not know that it has been 60 years since India foiled Pakistan’s objectives during a war…
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Continue reading →: My earliest memories of Jammu
In early 1959 my father who was in the Army moved from Mhow to Bhuj on posting and then moved with a Grenadiers Battalion to Satwari in Jammu 1960.It was here that did my schooling from 6th to 8th Class at Govt School Satwari. I was usually given award for…
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Continue reading →: Footsteps of Service -Childhood Memories
I was born on 12th August 1949 to Amrit Rai Chhibber & Shiela Devi at Nasirabad near Ajmer in Rajasthan as the third sibling in large family of five brothers & four sisters. My Grand Father Dilbagh Rai Chhibber was a Patwari before partition in Kharian in Pakistan and was…
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