“The Indian Army launched its solely counterattack during the struggle to stall the advancing People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troopers. The bravehearts of Indian Army held again the Chinese troops for 27 days, which compelled them to deploy its reserve division from Tawang to Walong.
“Outnumbered and with little ammunition and no resource of any kind, the valiant troops continued to hold their ground in a classic example of fighting till last man, last round,” the assertion stated.
This saga of valour and sacrifice serves as a story of inspiration for generations to come back, it added.
The month-long celebrations that are aligned with the operations and occasions because it occurred in between October and November 1962, would come with lectures on the Battle of Walong at Army War College Mhow, Defence Services Staff College Wellington and in Kolkata, the assertion stated.
The occasion was inaugurated at Walong in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh by General Officer Commanding of Spear Corps on Monday.
He paid homage on the struggle memorial and interacted with the struggle veterans and in addition honoured the porters who participated within the battle.
An tools show was additionally organised for the locals as half of ‘Know your Army’ marketing campaign.
The occasion would additionally embody a bike rally, to be flagged off from Tezpur, which is able to traverse the battlefields of 1962, accumulating soils from these areas, which is able to thereafter be instated at Walong War Memorial, the assertion stated.
The celebrations would culminate on November 17 at Walong.
A big quantity of struggle veterans and their family members would even be honoured, the assertion stated.
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