India's Most Fearless 3

by Shiv Aroor

Overview

Includes exclusive first-hand account of the 2020 Galwan clash An army medic who went beyond the call of duty amid a frenzy of treacherous bloodletting in Ladakh's Galwan while his fellow soldiers fought the Chinese to death; the crew of an Indian Navy destroyer that put everything on the line to rescue hundreds from Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea; an Indian Air Force pilot who ejected from his doomed fighter less than two seconds before it hit the ground, only to find he was missing a leg. This book presents their accounts, or of those who were with them in their final moments. India's Most Fearless 3 features ten true stories of extraordinary courage and fearlessness, providing glimpses of the heroism Indian soldiers have displayed in unthinkably hostile conditions and under grave provocation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143451112
Publisher:	Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Publication date:	05/01/2022
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Shiv Aroor is an editor and anchor with India Today television, with experience of over a decade covering the Indian military. He has reported from conflict zones that include Kashmir, India's Northeast, Sri Lanka and Libya. For the latter, he won two awards for war reporting. As a political reporter on TV, he was also recently awarded for his coverage of the 2018 state elections in his home state, Karnataka. Aroor also runs the popular award-winning military news and analysis site, Livefist, on which he frequently tells the stories of India's military heroes.

Rahul Singh has covered defence and military affairs at the Hindustan Times for over a decade, in a career spanning twenty years. Apart from extensive and deep reporting from the world of the Indian military, including several newsbreaks that have set the national news agenda over the years, Singh has reported from conflict zones including Kashmir, the North-east and war-torn Congo.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 'I Had Never Seen Such Fierce Fighting' 1

The Galwan Clash of June 2020

2 'I'm Not Leaving This Cockpit' Group Captain Varun Singh 41

3 'Get as Close as Possible before Dark' Subedar Sanjiv Kumar 63

4 'Where the Hell Is His Leg?' Squadron Leader Ishan Mishra 89

5 'I Have Never Touched Anything That Cold' Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal 117

6 'They Were Coming to Behead' Sepoy Karmdeo Oraon 141

7 'Whatever We Do, It Has to Be Now' Lance Naik Sandeep Singh 171

8 'The Seas Will Break Your Ship' Captain Sachin Reuben Sequeira 197

9 'This Time Holi Will Be with Blood' Major Konjengbam Bijendra Singh 231

10 'You Have Five Minutes on the Seabed' CPO Veer Singh Commander Ashok Kumar 267

Acknowledgements 293