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Col Narendra ''Bull'' Kumar, who helped India secure Siachen glacier, passes away It was he who first detected the cartographic aggression of Pakistan in the Siachen glacier area. Share Updated: Jan 1, 2021, 09:21 AM IST Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar, 87, who helped India secure the Siachen Glacier, passed away on Thursday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi due to age-related illness. Col Kumar, who was awarded the Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri, Arjun Award, and the McGregor medal, carried out multiple expeditions in the Siachen glacier area in the late 1...

Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra 'Bull' Kumar passes away Twitter Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra 'Bull' Kumar, 87, who helped India secure the Siachen Glacier, passed away on Thursday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi due to age-related illness. Col Kumar, who was awarded the Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri, Arjun Award and the McGregor medal, carried out multiple expeditions in the Siachen glacier area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based mainly on his reconnaissance reports, the Indian Army went ahead with the mission to occupy the Siachen heights under the Operation M...

Colonel Narinder ‘Bull’ Kumar   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India was thus able to pre-empt Pakistani attempt to occupy Saltoro Range… Salute!: Ex-Army Chief Gen. VP Malik Colonel Narinder ‘Bull’ Kumar (Retd.), instrumental in the Army launching Operation Meghdoot and securing the dominating heights of Siachen Glacier in 1984, died at the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital here on Thursday. He was 87 and was suffering from age-related ailments. “First to report on Pakistani mischief in Siachen sending patrol and mountaineering expeditions to the Glacier area. ...