The fantastic fifth

a history of the oldest Indian Infantry Brigade

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The fantastic fifth

a history of the oldest Indian Infantry Brigade

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The book traces the history of India's oldest Infantry Brigade which participated in overseas operation during World War-II soon after raising in Central India. It proved its mettle in North Africa, Eritrea and Italy, where it earned a number of honours and awards.

Soon after returning to India it rendered yeoman service during the Partition of India and Pakistan, after which it was inducted into Jammu and Kashmir where it fought many pitched battles against Pakistani forces in the Rajouri-Poonch sectors.
No sooner had it settled down when it was again called upon to fight the Chinese forces which had entered India en mass in the North East Frontier Province (NEFA), now known as the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Having proved its worth there, inspite of overwhelming odds, it went on to occupy the rugged, mountaneous defences in the remote Along sector of East Arunachal Pradesh, and soon found itself occupying one of the largest Area of Responsibilities to be held by any Indian Brigade.

Once fully deployed it participated in numerous sports and adventure activities, particularly in white water rafting along the torrential rivers of Sion and Siang, and also undertook a variety of meaningful humanitarian projects to uplift the quality of life to the local tribes.

It continues to uphold its values and traditions true to its motto-'In Pursuit of Excellence'.

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Publisher
Force Multipliers
Language
English
Pages
152

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index.

Published in
New Delhi
Other Titles
Fantastic 5th

Classifications

Library of Congress
D760.I53 S56 2005, D759.528 .S46 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
152 p., [31] p. of plates :
Number of pages
152

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16286969M
LCCN
2006448497
OCLC/WorldCat
77574815

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