Articles By Lt Gen Baljit Singh
1971 War: Memories of the Chamb Battle
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 May , 2022
We were sixteen and all of us had gathered at the Regimental Gun position (12 Field Regiment), at 1230 hrs sharp, on 03 December, 1971. The occasion was the farewell lunch for one of our Battery...
Battles for Zoji-La and Namka Chhu
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2021
A non-combatant who witnessed and filmed the first flight to Leh & Battles For Zoji-La and Namka Chhu. “…the fall of Leh will be a strategic blow to India. It has to be...
1962: Face to Face with the PLA
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2018
“Nobody can however be sure of the intentions of China…… the best way to face the situation is to be prepared to meet any (Sic. contingency)……. India’s policy is to continue to hold...
Lt Gen E F Norton: A Distinguished Soldier
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2018
“A great Gentleman, a gallant Horseman, a true friend.” 1912. “And the men who have pioneered the way (Sic. to the summit of Everest) deserve in full measure the gratitude of their kind for...
First Wheels in Tibet
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2018
When a friend who was in Lhasa recently, mentioned of the wide range of cars available on rental, my memory at once shifted focus upon Lieutenant Fredrick Travers O’Connor who on 14 November...
General Sundarji in a Bear-Hug with Khalistanis
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Date: 16 Aug , 2014
“Ballay-Ballay-Ballay! Faujaan ney taan baadi security khichh chhaddi hay.” (Bravo! You guys have surely thrown a security cordon around yourselves”), said the three tall, well built and...
Maoists Through the Prism of their Victims
By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jul , 2014
What can be surmised from an understanding of the history of warfare in general is that in any form of armed conflict, collateral damage (loss of limb and life) to the populace at large as also of...