Download or read book The Independent Mission written by Jagdev Singh and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story Is Set In The Latter Part Of 1948, In The Tortuous Hills Of Jammu And Kashmir, When The Indian Army Was Engaged In Evicting The Pakistanis From That Part Of The State Which They Had Deceptively Occupied. It Is An Account Of The Fighting By An Infantry Company On An Independent Mission, Ordered, Firstly, To Secure A Narrow Defile Sitting Astride The Enemy Supplly Line, And Then Prevent An Enemy Reinforcing Column From Strengthening Its Brigade Plus Strong Defences Further North, Which Had Been Attacked By An Indian Division. It Is Also An Account Of Their Bravery, Cowardice, Trechery, Sacrifice, Love, Hate, Humour, Depression. Although By Taking The Defile They Had Secured An Advantage In Terrain, But Against An Enemy Eminently Superior In Numbers And Weapons, They Had To Put Up A Tough Fight, Requiring Their Ultimate In Grit, Guts And Determination.