Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, GOC-in-C Northern Command and Mrs Kalpana Singh Dhatt, Regional President AWWA Northern Command visited Lt Col Khushal Chand, MVC memorial at Khaltse, Leh on Monday, an Army spokesman said in a statement.
He said that theypaid homage to Lt Col Khushal Chand of 2 DOGRA is famously known as “The Saviorof Ladakh”.
“In 1948, Lt Col (then Maj) Khushal Chand was responsible for safeguarding the Khaltse bridge & preventing the enemy’s advance towards Leh. He used Guerrilla Warfare to misguide the enemy of his actual strength.
On one occasion, he alongwith just one sepoy halted the enemy’s advance for 24 hours & subsequently burnt the bridge delaying the enemy for a week’s duration. For this gallant action he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra,” the spokesman added.
He said that the Indian Army is celebrating the Year 2019 as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’. On this occasion, the family of Lt Col Khushal Chand, were also present at Khaltse.
The event was attended by a large number of Veterans, NOKs & veer naris. The Army Commander interacted & felicitated various award winners, while the regional president AWWA felicitated the veer naris and NOKs from the Ladakh region.