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Rezang La war memorial

Posted on November 13, 2021 by admin1  63

In News

  • The Rezang La war memorial now includes names of Army personnel who lost their lives in the Galwan clash last year.
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the revamped war memorial at Rezang La in Eastern Ladakh.

Rezang La

  • It is also called Rechin La.
  • It is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese-administered Spanggur Lake basin that is also claimed by India. 
  • The pass is located on the eastern watershed ridge of the Chushul Valley that China claims as its boundary. 
  • It is at the head of the Rezang Lungpa valley, which houses a stream draining into the Spanggur Lake.

 

About the memorial 

  • It is dedicated to those who laid down their lives in the Battle of Rezang La during the 1962 war.
  • It will now include the names of Army personnel who lost their lives in the violent clash at Galwan last year.
  • 18th November marks the 59th anniversary of the Battle of Rezang La in which 
    • Troops from the 13 Kumaon Regiment defeated several waves of the Chinese Army at a height of over 16,000 feet. 

Post 120 Memorial

  • In October 2020, the Army had built a memorial at Post 120 in Eastern Ladakh for the 20 personnel killed in the violent clash at Galwan Valley on June 15 that year. 
    • Post 120 lies along the Darbuk Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) road.

Source: PIB

 
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