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To get to the world’s highest battlefield, soldiers take a leap of faith with OP Baba

Siachen Base Camp, October 10: What does it take to serve on the world’s highest battlefield? An incredible amount of courage, a tough round of training and a dash of belief. For soldiers of the Indian Army, the long climb to posts on the Siachen glacier starts with a prayer and formal report to the guardian angel of the ‘fr ....Read more

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Siachen and TibetanBy: sonam paljor | Wednesday , 26 Aug '09 0:19:08 AM Reply | Forward we the tibetan people have been in indian army for 45 years now and we have fought in bangladesh war and siachen and kargil war but never get the full recognition like the gorkhas which is bad . India has to make sure it supports freedom of tibet , bcoz when Tibet gets freedom we will always support India and chinese hate us for that .Free Tibet now jai hind mera bharat mahan and we will always protect India with our blood our second mother land .long live his holiness dalai lama free tibet , free tibet , free tibetbod gyalo

Siachen and Tibetan By: Karze | Saturday , 18 Oct '08 5:17:12 AM Reply | Forward When so much is talk about yet we do not know that most of the Jawans at the tops of his inhospital place are Jawans mostly from Special Frontier Force whose recruits are composed of about 8000 Tibetan refugees.Tibetans are genetically adapted to high altitude. Tibetans have contributed to defending India - from liberation of Bangladesh to Kargil to Siachen Glacier and was even used for SPG after assassination of Indra Gandhi.

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