Indian Army revamps Rezang La War memorial in Ladakh; Know the historic battle between India and China
n the battle of Rezang La, Indian troops of 13 Kumaon led by Major Shaitan Singh defeated many waves of the Chinese army during the 1962 war.
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New Delhi, Nov 12: India will be getting a revamped Rezang La War memorial in Ladakh on the 59th anniversary of the battle of Rezang La which will be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on November 18. In the battle of Rezang La, Indian troops of 13 Kumaon led by Major Shaitan Singh defeated many waves of the Chinese army during the 1962 war.
Notably, the anniversary of the famous legendary battle is celebrated on November 18. The Rezang La war memorial in Eastern Ladakh sector was a small one and it has now been expanded. It will now be much bigger than before and would be out on the tourist map of the Ladakh union territory.
After the inauguration, the common public including the tourists will also be allowed to go to the memorial and the border areas which will further popularize the legendary battle between India and China. The Defence Minister would be inaugurating the war memorial on November 18 along with the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat who would be accompanying him there.
The Defence Minister would be visiting Leh on November 18, and from there, he would visit Jhansi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be taking part in the closing ceremony of the Rashtriya Raksha Samarpan Parva on the 193rd birth anniversary of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.
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A crucial three-day event will be conducted which will involve the defence forces along with defence equipment display. It will be held from November 17-19. The move to inaugurate the revamped war memorial in Rezang La is seen as India's show of strength in the area which is very close to the Chinese territory and is visible from the other side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Rezang La battle between India and China
Rezang La was the site of a major battle that took place between India-China in 1962, where a company of India's 13 Kumaon battalion fought to the last man in an effort to block the Chinese PLA (People’s Liberation Army) troops from crossing the ridge into the Chushul Valley.
During the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes, Rezang La was again the site of a major face-off between the two armies, which is believed to have given India strategic leverage and forced China to disengage.
Rezang La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between the Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese administered Spanggur Lake basin that is also claimed by India.