NEARLY 750-1000 INDIAN SOLDIERS DIE EVERY YEAR WHILE CARRYING OUT ANTI TERRORIST OPERATIONS. LARGE NUMBER OF CRPF SOLDIERS DIE WHILE CARRYING OUT ANTI NAXAL OPERATIONS. LET US SALUTE OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS.
A salutation to the Bold and the Brave.
Small Pain In My Chest |
The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree. As I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me. The battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night And scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning's light. "I wonder if you'd help me, sir", he smiled as best he could. "A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good. We fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest - A sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest." As I looked at him, I could see the large stain on his shirt All reddish-brown from his warm blood mixed in with Asian dirt. "Not much", said he. "I count myself more lucky than the rest. They're all gone while I just have a small pain in my chest." "Must be fatigue", he weakly smiled. "I must be getting old. I see the sun is shining bright and yet I'm feeling cold. We climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest, The night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest." "I looked around to get some aid - the only things I found Were big, deep craters in the earth - bodies on the ground. I kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best, But finally sat down with this small pain in my chest." "I'm grateful, sir", he whispered, as I handed my canteen And smiled a smile that was, I think, the brightest that I've seen. "Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest, Could find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest." "What would my wife be thinking of her man so strong and grown, If she could see me sitting here, too weak to stand alone? Could my mother have imagined, as she held me to her breast, That I'd be sitting HERE one day with this pain in my chest?" "Can it be getting dark so soon?" He winced up at the sun. "It's growing dim and I thought that the day had just begun. I think, before I travel on, I'll get a little rest .......... And, quietly, the boy died from that small pain in his chest. I don't recall what happened then. I think I must have cried; I put my arms around him and I pulled him to my side And, as I held him to me, I could feel our wounds were pressed The large one in my heart against the small one in his chest |
MARTYRS :INDIAN ARMY OFFICERS WHILE CARRYING OUT ANTI TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN KASHMIIR & NORTH EAST INDIA IN 2010
WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US, FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY
THIS SACRIFICE IN ONE YEAR IS MORE THAN SACRIFICES BY ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION
SINCE 1947
SER NO NUMBER RANK NAME ARMS/ SERV DATE OF DEATH
26. IC-69022K CAPT PRATEEK PUNTAMBEKAR INF 08/02/2010
43. IC-70151W CAPT DAVINDER SINGH JASS SIGNALS 23/02/2010
45. MR-08609M MAJ LAISHRAM JYOTIN SINGH AMC 26/02/2010
46. IC-61307F MAJ DEEPAK YADAV AEC 26/02/2010
52. IC-61324F MAJ NITESH ROY AEC 03/03/2010
60. IC-65870L MAJ JOGINDER SHEKHAWAT ASC 20/03/2010
78. SS-42182A MAJ YOGENDRA RAJBAR INF 05/05/2010
94. IC-51655P COL NEERAJ SOOD INF 22/06/2010
107. IC-69559H MAJ AMIT KUMAR THENGE SIGNALS 13/07/2010
158. IC-67634H MAJ NIKHIL PRAKASH AAD 18/08/2010
159. IC-52687K COL PRAVIR KUMAR PAL,SM EME 18/08/2010
160. IC-60697H MAJ RAKESH SHARMA MECH INF 18/08/2010
180. IC-72783A LT GAURAV JAIN INF 22/10/2010
186. SS-41959Y CAPT UPMANYU SINGH ARMD 07/12/2010
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