Not even two yards of land was found in Ku-e-Yar

- Jamadar Nand Singh: Stories of unknown heroism and shocking sensations of unknown war heroes of the first Indo-Pak war

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- In our khanda game against Pakistan which started in Kashmir fifty-five hundred years ago today, a hero named Jamadar Nand Singh got the Mahavir Chakra by making supreme sacrifice, but the soldier who went to the motherland forever did not get the chance to explore the motherland.

No. Wember, 19. One month had passed since the outbreak of the first Indo-Pak war. Under the leadership of Major-General Akbar Khan, an armed force of Pak Army soldiers and people of hill communities like Afridi, Masood, Pathan, Wazir was advancing towards villages like Muzaffarabad and Domel. The men of the 1st Sikh Battalion of the Indian Army had to come and stop Ghodapur in Pakistan.

Unfortunately, the Pak Army's Frontier Scouts captured the Bhatgiran Ridge in Uri. The Pakistani troops stationed at the foot of the hill could keep an eye on all the main roads leading to Uri. Some routes were within their firing range અને and that situation was of concern to our dry forces.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sampurna Bachan Singh, Commanding Officer, 1st Sikh Battalion, formed a task force to drive the enemy out of Bhatgiran Ridge. Jamadar Nand Singh was the leader of the team of Sarfarosh jawans who were committed to carry out the mission despite risking their lives.

Nand Singh was born on September 9, 1917 in the village of Bahadurpur in the whole of Punjab. At the tender age of 18, young Nand Singh enlisted in the Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army, as if there had been any preconceived notion of making the name of the village meaningful. A decade of his career as a soldier passed without a hitch, but in 19 he had the opportunity to set an example of his bravery. World War II had reached a turning point. There were circumstances when the Japanese army advancing on the route of Myanmar (Burma) reached the part of India. The white government sent thousands of Indian soldiers to fight on various fronts in Myanmar, seeing the onslaught of 'foreign powers' on India, the so-called crown prince of the vast British Empire. Jamadar Nand Singh of the Sikh Regiment was also among those soldiers.

In the Arakan Mountains of Myanmar, east of today's Mizoram state, a fierce battle was fought between the British and Indian forces against Japan. The Japanese navy had set up trenches / shallow trenches in the ground at various places in the mountains, from where its machine gun operators could easily target the British Indian Army. One such place was a hill called India Hill. The platoon of Jamadar Nand Singh was entrusted with the task of expelling the enemy from there. (Platoon has a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 50 armed soldiers). It was difficult for us to climb India Hill from a very sharp angle, and every step forward was like approaching the brink of death when there was constant firing from the enemy. But when it comes to duty on the battlefield, the fear of death is not a true soldier.

The platoon of the Sikh Regiment set sail for India Hill on the night of March 11, 12. The Japanese, stationed on the hill, fired shots, but the Sikh soldiers marched on, shouting "Bole so nihal ... sat shri akal ...". In order for the other members of the team to be able to climb a few more, the lone young man diverts the enemy's attention to himself - and eventually dies. Most of those who set such a noble example of compulsion were either seriously injured or killed. If there are any survivors in the platoon now, it is Jamadar Nand Singh, who was also in critical condition. He was wounded by enemy bullets and hand grenades. A deep wound in the thigh caused blood to flow. There were no more cartridges to fire at the enemy. What could be a better reason to withdraw from the battlefield? But Nand Singh, on duty, started the final ascent with a rifle in his hand and a life in his hand.

Paying attention to the enemy, we finally reached the summit of India Hill. Two Japanese executioners stationed in the trenches were firing on another regiment of the Sikh regiment. Nand Singh took a long leap and jumped on them. The two were killed by a bayonet in front of the rifle. Now the enemies of the other trench were no more. Although Kaya was bleeding, Adagkhadag Nand Singh stepped towards her. The second and then the third trench machine gun operators were called off by bayonets. As soon as the enemy's black machine guns closed their mouths, another regiment of the Sikh regiment attacked India Hill and captured the whole hill with lightning. Just a few hours before the seemingly impossible mission is completed!

However, the real hero of Mission Impossible was Jamadar Nand Singh. Despite not having a single bullet in his rifle and suffering a total of six deep wounds on his body, he single-handedly killed seven Japanese. The British government honored Jamadar Nand Singh with the highest military title, the Victoria Cross, for setting the highest example of adventure on the battlefield. The status of Paramvir Chakra in the Indian Army today is as much as that of the Victoria Cross in that era of Mahatma Gandhi 18.

Rarely does a sepoy get a golden opportunity to shine more than once on the battlefield. Destiny gave such an opportunity to Jamadar Nand Singh in the 18th Indo-Pak war. Within a month of Pakistan's Major-General Akbar Khan's spark of war in Kashmir on October 6, 19, its outbreak had spread to a wide area. One area that was going to be the victim of the flames was Uri. The same Uri where 17 of our soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on a military base in September 2012.

Not far from Uri, in the highlands of Bhatgiran Ridge, Pakistani troops landed on a machine gun. Lieutenant-Colonel Sampurna Bachan Singh, Commanding Officer, 1st Sikh Battalion, dispatched a special task force to find out. The Sikhs under the leadership of Jamadar Nand Singh reached Bhatgiran Ridge, but the enemy was nowhere to be seen. The members of the task force assumed that the enemy had left the battlefield in fear of their arrival. But expectations were dashed. Enemies ambushed the rocks and dug trenches in the ground. The Indians started firing indiscriminately.

All of a sudden, 10 of us went berserk before the key to what happened happened. Another 15 were injured. Jamadar Nand Singh was also injured. However, neither he nor the other members of the troop were able to resist. Challenging the battle cry of 'Bole so nihal ... sat shri akal ...', they rushed towards the enemy. Seeing such a suicidal but heroic step of the protagonist, a wave of vigor, enthusiasm and arrogance returned to the other heroes of the task force. They all went ahead without caring for Jan.

Moving forward with a rifle in his hand, Nand Singh shot and killed some enemies. The stock of cartridges was lost, but the vigor of the warrior was not lost. Filling the long furlongs, they reached the enemy line. One by one, a total of five enemy soldiers were killed by the bayonet of the rifle. This scene blew the enemy's senses, then filled the other Sikh soldiers with enthusiasm. The slogans of 'Bole so nihal ... sat shri akal ...' started resounding again. The second and final issue of the dramatic battle on Bhatgiran Ridge began in which the battle took a dramatic turn.

On that historic day of December 12, 19, on the one hand, we conquered Bhatgiran Ridge, on the other hand, we lost the warrior who deserves most of the credit for the victory. A number of bullets fired from a Pak machine gun pierced the chest of Jamadar Nand Singh. The Karmaveer who anointed the motherland with his own blood could not even dig the motherland to enjoy the final sleep of his grandson's life. Fugitive Pakistani soldiers took his body with them as a 'victory trophy'.

The next day, a military jeep drove through the streets of Muzaffarabad. The words heard through the loudspeaker on the roof of the jeep were, "Look ... what the Pakistani army has done to the Indian soldier who won the Victoria Cross, a symbol of bravery!"

There was a long rope behind the jeep, with which a corpse was slipping on the road like water. Pathav's body belonged to Jamadar Nand Singh. Who knows, the Pakistanis may have got the perverted pleasure of showing off the lifeless body of this military warrior by insulting him! However, the pages of his mental disorder were still long. After the lifeless Jamadar Nand Singh slipped behind a jeep in the streets of Muzaffarabad and finally dumped his body in the village rubbish bin, the Pakistanis jumped.

No one knows what happened to Jamadar Nand Singh after the incident which not only destroyed military discipline but also humanity. The unfortunate warrior who could not find his motherland was applied to the last Mughal Bahadur Shah Zafar's line in Ku-e-Yar (meaning: not even two yards of land where Aptajan lives).

War hero Jamadar Nand Singh of Bhatgiran Ridge was declared a missing martyr. The great-grandson of Bharat Mata, as well as his millions of children, was hailed by the Indian Army for his bravery, leadership, obedience and sacrifice after the death of Mahavir Chakra.

A statue of Jamadar Nand Singh, adorned with such military titles as Burma Star, War Medal, Victoria Cross and Mahavir Chakra, stands today at Fauji Chowk in Bhatinda, Punjab. The statue, which is polluted with dust, vehicle fumes and bird droppings throughout the year, is commemorated once a year on its anniversary. Indeed, what a marvel we have proved to be in the value of the grandsons of the country who planted pepper on the homeland! With a deep feeling of change in this indifferent state

Jai Hind! Jai Hind Ki Sena!