Articles By Lt Gen Mohinder Puri

Recalling Young India’s Kargil Triumph

Recalling Young India’s Kargil Triumph

By: Lt Gen Mohinder Puri | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Aug , 2021

It has been twenty two years since Pakistan’s perfidious intrusions in the Kargil sector which brought the country to the brink of war. This article is not about why and how Pakistan stabbed us...

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Kargil: A Ringside View

Kargil: A Ringside View

By: Lt Gen Mohinder Puri | Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 07 Jul , 2020

It was the 12th of June 1999. Eleven days had passed since 8 Mountain Division (Mtn Div) of which, I was privileged to be the General Officer Commanding (GOC), had assumed operational...

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Leadership and Management in the Indian Army

Leadership and Management in the Indian Army

By: Lt Gen Mohinder Puri | Issue: Vol. 33.3 Jul-Sep 2018 | Date: 04 Nov , 2018

Command of a unit is the last stage wherein a commander is directly dealing with and handling human resources and material. As he climbs up the professional ladder, his responsibilities increase...

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Kargil: Turning the Tide

Kargil: Turning the Tide

By: Lt Gen Mohinder Puri | Issue: Book Excerpt: Kargil: Turning the Tide | Date: 06 Jun , 2018

Introduction It was indeed my professional privilege to command the ‘Forever in Operations’ 8 Mountain Division during Operation Vijay, our response to Pakistan’s Operation Badr. I had been...

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