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Right after the BJP's impressive show at the poll counter, this royal's name gained traction as one of the key faces vying for the top job in Rajasthan.
India and Pakistan had formally entered into a war by December 3, 1971, after months of escalating tensions over the situation in East Pakistan. Indian Army soldiers and Indian Air Force officers manning the western front in the Thar were alerted. One hundred and twenty soldiers of the battalion of 23 Punjab regiment, to which Vir belonged, had been stationed at the Longewala border post for months in anticipation of war. As soon as news of the declaration of war reached them, Major Kuldip Chandpuri (played by Sunny Deol in the film), pressed the men into action.
Against the backdrop of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, India made a strategic move to open a new front in Punjab, to target the Lahore and Sialkot sectors in Pakistan.
Today, he lies in an unknown grave in a corner of a farmer's field in Pakistan, having given his all for his country. A riveting excerpt from Ian Cardozo's Beyond Fear: True Stories on Life in the Indian Armed Forces.
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