The world is a fine place and worth
fighting for - Ernest Hemingway
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Army Memorials The army has martyrs memorials at all their establishments to remember and pay homage to the soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice. Lt. Nawang Kapadia, also has the honour of being in this brave company. We have visited some of the war memorials and some like the 15 Corp War memorial and the Northen Command War memorial, we hope to visit, when the Pakistan backed terrorist violence is Kashmir is stopped. 4/3 Gorkha Rifles Martyrs Garden. This is the battalion that Nawang belonged to. A Battalion is the smallest independent fighting unit in the army. We have visited their Martyrs garden in Almora 99 Mountain Brigade Martyrs Garden Three battalions, make up a Brigade, Nawang's 4/3 Gorkha Rifles Battalion was a part of the 99 Mountain Brigade. We visited their memorial at Chaubatia. 15 Corp Headquarters Memorial at Badami Baug, Srinagar This is the Corp which controls the Kashmir Area, Nawang's 99 Mountain Brigade was serving under the 15 Corp during their operations in Kashmir. Northern Command Headquarter memorial at Udhampur Northern Command memorial "Dhuruva" (named after the hindi word for the Northen Star, to be the guiding light for the future generations of Soldiers) guards the entire Northern frontiers of India. |