Articles By Col JP Singh, Retd
Lull in Ladakh Battle but the War is On
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 13 Feb , 2021
China claims Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh as part of Tibet. Hence China tells the world that LAC in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh is disputed. Thus capture of any/some area in these states gives...
Curtailed Army Day Celebration 2021
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Date: 15 Jan , 2021
Army Day is celebrated in India on 15th of January every year to commemorate a historic event post independence in January 1949 when Gen. KM Cariappa became the first Indian to assume the Command...
Trans-Himalayan Campaigns of Gen Zorawar Singh
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Date: 15 Dec , 2020
Gen Zorawar Singh was born on 15 April 1786 at Kahlur, in neighboring Himachal. Later as General of Jammu Raja Gulab Singh, he launched Trans-Himalayan campaigns starting on 15 April 1834 with an...
Kargil War: Victory by Valour
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Date: 26 Jul , 2016
26 July 1999 will go down in the History of India as a day when the Indian Army achieved yet another glorious victory over the Pakistan army. On this day nation remembers 527 brave soldiers and 7...
Understanding Chinese New Silk Route
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 17 Jul , 2016
‘New silk route’ is a massive Chinese inter and intra continental strategic initiative which adds new roads and seaways to the historical silk route. It is a great initiative in its...
The founder of Jammu & Kashmir
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Date: 03 Jul , 2016
The rise of Dogras and formation of Jammu and Kashmir state began in a turbulent times of the history when the Sikhs under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Marathas under Chhatrapati Shivaji and the...
Gen Zorawar Singh: The Great Warrior
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Date: 17 Apr , 2016
Gen Zorawar Singh Kalhuria was born in a Rajput family of Kulhar, now called Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh in 1786. Very little is known about his early life. He left his home at an early age...
Saviour of Kashmir
By: Col JP Singh, Retd | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 07 Feb , 2016
Military history is written by the victor. But the history made with supreme sacrifice of men and women defending their motherland and written in blood, even if defeated, is never allowed to die....