(29 October 1943) birthday of Sepoy Kewal Singh MVC (P)

BATTLE OF WALONG (20 Oct to 20 Nov)

11 Infantry Brigade led by Brig NC Rawllwy MC - 6 Kumaon, 4 Sikh, 3/3 Gorkha Rifles and 4 Dogra

The supreme sacrifice & legend of Sepoy Kewal Singh Maha Vir Chakra (P) 4 SIKH, OnThisDay 26 October in 1962 during IndiaChinaWar1962.

LestWeForgetIndia 🇮🇳 The IndianBrave carried out a fierce bayonet attack, eliminating 7 Chinese soldiers in defence of Walong

On the night of 26 October 1962

 

a company of Sikh Regiment was holding a defensive position in the forward-defended localities of the Walong garrison in NEFA.

This position was threatened by enemy forces. Some of them had managed to get dangerously close to our defences.

Sepoy Kewal Singh, on his own initiative, rushed out of his section post and charged the enemy with his bayonet, killing a few in hand-to-hand fighting. In this encounter, he was seriously wounded

Despite his grievous injuries, he bayoneted yet another of the enemy before he succumbed to his injuries.

Through this act of valour and self-sacrifice, Sepoy Kewal Singh helped his comrades to repulse the enemy

The #IndianBrave was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously🏵️