https://www.telegraphindia.com/vide...shaitan-singhs-memorial-in-ladakh/cid/2018315
Major Shaitan Singh had led the extraordinary Battle of Rezang La during the 1962 India China War, in which
120 Indian soldiers killed over 1000 Chinese soldiers. On the icy mountain pass that led to Ladakh's Chushul valley, the 120 soldiers repulsed seven attacks by the Chinese, launched in waves.
Major Singh and 113 men fought to “the last bullet, last man” to ensure that Chushul did not fall into Chinese hands.
Major Singh’s body was found with his right hand clutching his bullet-ridden stomach. His memorial was built at the spot where he fell. But
61 years after this remarkable feat, the memorial had to be dismantled!
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...past-six-decades-congress/article67683766.ece
“Chushul Councillor Konchok Stanzin has revealed here that
the site at which Major Shaitan Singh fell, where a memorial had been built, was dismantled as it fell in the buffer zone negotiated with China in 2021. This is a huge insult to the memory of Major Singh and the fallen heroes of Charlie Company,” Mr. Ramesh said on X, quoting Mr. Stanzin, a councillor in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.
Mr. Ramesh said the defence of Rezang La by C Company of 13 Kumaon, led by
legendary Major Singh, is one of the most storied episodes of Indian war history. “
If any proof was still needed that the buffer zones negotiated by the Modi government are in territory previously controlled by India, it is provided by this most shameful concession,” he said.
“For four years, the Modi government has tried to cover up the worst territorial setback in six decades for India with its DDLJ approach:
Deny, Distract, Lie and Justify.
