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1. 18 February 1963 a day registered in the history of India and Rajasthan.
58 years back, 18 Nov. 1962 a fierce battle was fought in Chushul's Rezang La, in which 114 soldiers out of 124 soldiers including Major Shaitan Singh were killed in action after giving a bloody nose
58 years back, 18 Nov. 1962 a fierce battle was fought in Chushul's Rezang La, in which 114 soldiers out of 124 soldiers including Major Shaitan Singh were killed in action after giving a bloody nose
2. to Chinese. Due to heavy snowfall and hard terrain nobody visited Rezang La after the battle till Feb. 1963, a shepherd with his sheep and goats visited Rezang La where he saw some dead bodies in uniform and a lot of bullet shells and bombs, after seeing this he immediately
3. went back and informed the nearest military formation about this, few days later in mid February a search and recovery task was launched and a team of Red Cross and Indian Army went to Rezang La where they found 96 bodies (out of 114) but Major Shaitan Singh's body was missing
4. search continued and body of Major Shaitan Singh was found one or two days later near a boulder where he was placed by his two faithful jawans, there was one thing common in every dead body that no soldiers were shot in their backs after seeing such a tragic scene
5. Brigadier TN Raina, MVC (114 Bde Cdr) and other members of the team broke down. 96 bodies of soldiers of Charlie Company were cremated in Chushul high ground and Major Shaitan Singh's body was sent back to Jodhpur from Leh in an special Indian Air Force's airplane on
6. 18 February1963. Those days mortal remains of soldiers were cremated on (or near) the Battlefield but it was probably the first time in the history of independent India that mortal remains of a fallen Hero were sent back to his hometown. Major Shaitan Singh, PVC was cremated
7. In Caga cremation ground with full military honours, various dignitaries and thousands of people from various places attended his funeral. It is said that there were so many people that there was no place to stand, people gathered in balconies, roadsides and many of them
8. climbed trees just to see their Brave Hero, the Man who did some unimaginable brave deeds.
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