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Battle of Hajipir (Indo-Pak War 1965) No. 08/2019 AN INDIAN ARMY PUBLICATION August 2019 BATTLE OF HAJIPIR (INDO-PAK WAR 1965) MAJOR RANJIT SINGH DAYAL, PVSM, MVC akistan’s forcible attempt to annex Kashmir was defeated when India, even though surprised by the Pakistani offensive, responded with extraordinary zeal and turned the tide in a war, Pakistan thought it would win. Assuming discontent in Kashmir with India, Pakistan sent infiltrators to precipitate Pinsurgency against India under ‘OPERATION GIBRALTAR’, followed by the plan to capture Akhnoor under ‘OPERATION GRAND SLAM’. The Indian reaction was swift and concluded with the epic capture of the strategic Haji Pir Pass, located at a height of 2637 meters on the formidable PirPanjal Range, that divided the Kashmir Valley from Jammu. A company of 1 PARA led by Major (later Lieutenant General) Ranjit Singh Dayal wrested control of Haji Pir Pass in Jammu & Kashmir, which was under the Pakistani occupation. The initial victory came after a 37- hour pitched battle by the stubbornly brave and resilient troops. Major Dayal and his company accompanied by an Artillery officer started at 1400 hours on 27 August. As they descended into the valley, they were subjected to fire from the Western shoulder of the pass. There were minor skirmishes with the enemy, withdrawing from Sank. Towards the evening, torrential rains covered the mountain with thick mist. This made movement and direction keeping difficult. The men were exhausted after being in the thick of battle for almost two days. But Major Dayal urged them to move on. On reaching the base of the pass, he decided to leave the track and climb straight up to surprise the enemy. He and his men climbed the difficult hillside by night, carrying heavy loads through the rain, often wading through knee deep water. At 0430 hours they hit the Uri-Poonch road. By 0600 hours they had arrived at the foot of the Pass. On coming under heavy fire, Major Dayal left the leading platoon and the Artillery officer to engage the enemy and led the rest of his men from the right flank. They climbed the Western shoulder of the Pass and then rolled down on the enemy unleashing heavy fire. The Pakistanis were utterly surprised as they left their weapons and ran down the hill to escape. The contribution of the other four Battalions of 68 Infantry Brigade namely 19 Punjab, 4 Rajput, 6 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles and 4 Sikh Light Infantry are equally commendable in the Battle of Hajipir. 1 PARA captured the Pass by 1030 hours on 28 August. The Battalion not only captured the objective allotted to it in the Phase 1 of the Brigade attack but exploited the success to complete the task allotted in Phase 2 of the attack. Major RS Dayal was awarded MahaVir Chakra for his gallantry and leadership in the battle. 1 PARA was awarded the ‘Battle Honour of Hajipir’ and the ‘Theatre Honour of Jammu and Kashmir’. 2 Baatcheet August 2019 August 2019 From the Editor’s Desk he constantly changing battlefield milieu and rapid advancements in technology brought to fore the challenges to training andT development of new concepts for our Army. A need was hence felt to develop, formulate and analyse concepts and doctrines at strategic and operational levels for the emerging security environment. To meet the above requirements, Army Training Command (ARTRAC) was raised at its initial location in Mhow on 01 October 1991. The raising was completed in March 1993 whereupon Battle of Hajipir (Indo-Pak War 1965) ........................ 2 it moved to its present location at Shimla in Chief’s Page ............................................................... 4 November 1993. In Focus ..................................................................... 5 ARTRAC ensures effectiveness of the Snippets ..................................................................6-7 training, formulates concepts and doctrines of warfare in the fields of strategy, operational art, ARTRAC Special ..................................................... 8-9 tactics, logistics, training and human resource J&K Diary ................................................................ 10 development, particularly in the light of emerging North East Diary ....................................................... 11 security environment and introduction of nuclear Communique ............................................................ 12 weapons in our subcontinent. ARTRAC acts as the Welfare and Empowerment ..................................... 13 nodal agency for all institutional training in the Army and evolves joint doctrines in conjunction Training .................................................................... 14 with other Services. A major restructuring took Sports and Adventure .............................................. 15 place in September 2001 when REDFOR was Regimental Celebrations .......................................... 16 created from within the existing resources to study CONTACT FOR QUERIES concepts, doctrines and tactics of our adversaries Publisher : Additional Directorate General, and apply these in two sided training and exercises Public Information, IHQ of MoD (Army) Office : B-30, South Block, New Delhi - 110011 at Corps level and above. Tele : Off - 23018665, 33332/33249 Indian Army Website : www.indianarmy.nic.in or The organisation of ARTRAC is today fully www.indianarmy.gov.in responsive to meet the challenges of the futuristic Facebook : www.facebook.com/indianarmy.adgpi Twitter : www.twitter.com/adgpi battlefield environment. Youtube : ADGPI-INDIANARMY Instagram : @Indianarmy.adgpi Editor Baatcheet Email : [email protected] ADG PI : [email protected] Brig PI : [email protected] Colonel (IO) : [email protected] Colonel (Media) : [email protected] Colonel (Social Media) : [email protected] Webmaster IA : [email protected] Contact No : 011-23018665, 33332 33249 (ASCON) Printer : Xtreme Office Aids (Pvt.) Ltd, N D-46 Ph : 011-45627583 Baatcheet August 2019 We request our readers to send good quality, high resolution photographs for cover page of Baatcheet. 3 CHIEF’S PAGE Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in- Chief of Defence Services of Myanmar called on and interacted with General Bipin Rawat on 29 July 19 Rear Admiral M Shafiul Azam, Head of the Delegation from National Defence College (NDC) of Bangladesh called on and interacted with Chief of the Army Staff on 23 July 19 Mr Kim Yu Geun, 1st Deputy Director of National Security of the Republic of Korea called on and interacted with General Bipin Rawat on 30 July 19 General Bipin Rawat, with the ‘Victory Flame’ at the Kargil War Memorial, Dras on the occasion of 20th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas 4 Baatcheet August 2019 IN FOCUS "20th Anniversary of victory in Operation Vijay has been celebrated through out the Nation to evoke feeling of nationalism, patriotism and to pay homage to the valiant soldiers." Baatcheet August 2019 5 SNIPPETS A Ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) on the Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu, Vice Chief of Army occasion of 'People’s Liberation Army Day' was conducted on Staff called on and interacted with Lieutenant General 01 August 19 at the Chushul-Moldo and DBO-TWD Meeting Carlos Humberto Loitey, Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Points in Eastern Ladakh respectively. The ceremonial BPM Operations at United Nation Headquarters, New York. was marked by saluting of National Flag by the delegation members. Command Hospital Air Force Bengaluru and Command Konark Corps held a special ceremony in Jodhpur on 13 July Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow were adjudged as the 19 to announce the naming of road stretch in memory of Best and Second Best Command Hospital for the year 2018 the war hero Padma Bhushan Late Lieutenant General Sagat respectively and were felicitated with the Raksha Mantri Singh (Retired), Param Vishisht Seva Medal to commemorate Trophy on 16 July 19. the centenary celebrations of his birth anniversary. To celebrate the Nation's victory in Kargil and pay homage Special Representative of the Secretary General UNMISS to our bravehearts, Kargil Victory Run was organised from Mr David Shearer inaugurated new United Nations Operating Vijay Chowk to India Gate on 21 July 19. More than 6000 Base established by INDBATT-1 at Kodok South Sudan. people participated in the run that included dignitaries and children. 6 Baatcheet August 2019 SNIPPETS Vajra Corps on 12 July 19 inaugurated Vajra Veer Vatika – The Indian Army in step with government policies on an integrated motivational and recreational complex which environmental protection launched an ecological initiative showcases the indomitable courage of Indian Army soldiers, by employing E-Cars for use of its officials in New Delhi the saga of Sikh valour and victorious battles of Vajra Corps on 01 August 19 in partnership with Energy Efficiency in Jalandhar Cantonment. Services Ltd (EESL), a joint venture of Central Public Sector Undertakings under Ministry of Power. Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, Army Commander, A unit of the Red Horns Division carried out flood relief Northern Command and Mrs Kalpana Singh Dhatt, Regional activities in Morigaon district of Assam. The aim of the President, AWWA on 23 July 19 visited the Defence Institute initiative was to provide essential commodities to the civil of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), an agro-animal R&D population in the flood affected areas. Institute of the DRDO, located in the high altitude cold desert trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Capacity Building Tour for the youth of the remote
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