Articles in Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -III
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 06 Apr , 2011
On the morning of 3 October Pritpal Singh rang up to say that Bijji Kaul was back at his deck, news which cheered me enormously but not enough to Want to leave my bed to go and meet him. I...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -II
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
It was soon obvious that Mullik had himself become one of the ‘hawks’ on Operation Leghorn, and if a seasoned general like Sen could be so oblivious to logistical realities, it would dearly be...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl - I
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
During the hurly-burly of the Goa campaign in 1959 Bijji Kaul had assumed direct supervision of border operations in NEF A in order to ease the workload of an overworked DMO. Once he became...