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Saturday, July 4, 2020

When Indian Army Officer Put a Letter in Pocket of a Pakistani Army Officer

By Ravi Nitesh7:38 PM

By: Ravi Nitesh

India and Pakistan have always been in rivalry with each other and public at large in both countries sometimes adopt jingoism and war-mongering, fell in hyper nationalism and start hatred with each other, particularly from each other's state and army. However, we must understand that army, irrespective of which side it belong. made of people, human being like us, who have same hearts, emotions, values and expressions; but they are bounded with their duty and many a times, unable to reflect upon their individual emotions. 

As an institution, armies, everywhere in the world without exception to Indian and Pakistani armies; have many feathers in their cap along with many spots too. But what people should learn from them is their dedication to their duty and also that their confrontation against other side is part of their professional actions. At a personal level, there are many stories that tell about them, their humanity, their respect for each other and each other's bravery. They remain enemy till they remain on ground confronting each other, while off the ground and in peace time, they look each other as equal human being, not as enemy. Among many such stories, one is here:


This is a story from Kargil time (Year 1999), when 192 Mountain Brigade of Indian Army was on front lines and the war was at its full-fledged. Brigadier M S Bajwa, who was the brigade commander of 192 Mountain Brigade, asked 18 Grenadiers and 8 Sikh regiments to start preparation capturing Tiger Hill. Tiger hill was important because Srinagar-Leh highway was on its direct monitoring and intense and direct fire were received at highway from posts there.  

After a planned approach towards Tiger Hill, Captain Balwan Singh of 18 Grenadiers captured the hill and reached on top but battle was on. A counter attack was very much possible and all soldiers were stayed prepared at different locations. Next morning, counter attack started which was confronted and overpowered by Sikh regiment, however after sometime, a fierce attack by Pakistani Army Officers started and it became a tough, heavy exchange of fire. Observing the situation, Brig. Bajwa, who was main command of operation, spoke to forward most soldier and got to know that Pakistani army captain Khan was leading the attack and till then many soldiers have been injured and few died. Sepoy Satpal Singh, as per order of Brig. Bajwa, finally killed three Pakistani soldiers and shot Captain Khan with few yards distance.

Brig Bajwa arranged to bring down body of Captain Khan through porters. He was aware that Captain Khan fought very bravely.


After bringing down his body from hill, during search, they found letter in Urdu written by Captain Khan’s sister*. Brig Bajwa informed his General Officer Commanding about everything and also about bravery of Captain Khan. He also expressed his desire that bravery of Captain Khan should receive recognition and thus sought permission from his GCO which he approved.

Before dispatching body of Captain Khan to Delhi, Brig Bajwa placed a hand written letter in Captain Khan’s pocket, writing ‘Citation that Captain Karnal Sher Khan of 12, Northern Light Infantry of Pakistan fought very bravely’.

Captain Khan was awarded Pakistan’s highest military gallantry award ‘Nishan-e-Haider’ by Pakistan posthumously. His hometown Naway Kallay was renamed as Karnal Sher Khan Kallay.
Captain Khan’s Father later sent a Thank you note to Indian Army.
   
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Ref:
https://theprint.in/defence/how-an-indian-officer-helped-an-enemy-captain-win-pakistans-highest-gallantry-award/266973/
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/050419/hyderabad-brigadier-mps-bajwas-letter-helps-pakistan-captain-wi.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnal_Sher_Khan
https://www.dawn.com/news/114146     
https://www.dawn.com/news/675889
Pic Source:
https://bit.ly/2ZEKvCj 
https://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/PK009.13 

*In few news reports, it is reported as letter was written by sister, while in few, it was said that letter was written by wife.
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