Rezang La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control dividing the Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese-controlled, but Indian-claimed, Spanggur Lake basin. During the Sino-Indian War in 1962, Rezang La was the site of the last stand of the 13 Kumaon, comprising the Charlie company. 114 Indian soldiers out of a total of 120 were killed.
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Rezang La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control dividing the Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese-controlled, but Indian-claimed, Spanggur Lake basin. During the Sino-Indian War in 1962, Rezang La was the site of the last stand of the 13 Kumaon, comprising the Charlie company. In this action on 18 November 1962, 114 Indian soldiers out of a total of 120 were killed. A memorial in Rewari, where most of the Ahir soldiers came from, mentions that 1,300 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle.
The Indian side was led by Major Shaitan Singh a Bhati Rajput From Rajasthan State, who was later posthumously awarded Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest gallantry award for conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of the enemy. The inscription on the War Memorial at Chushul, Ladakh raised by the Indian Army in memory of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Rezangs La, reads as below. To the sacred memory ofthe heroes of Rezang-La.
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