Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: Maj Gen G D Bakshi, a combat veteran and the recipient of the Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal for the operations in Kishtwar and Kargil, in collaboration with youth leader Rachna Sharma, launched the documentary “Sentinels of The Snow: The Battle of Rezangla”, produced by Aditya Bakshi of Aditya Horizons Production.
The event was presided over by Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Planning as the chief guest. He stated that being the grandson of a great Ahir, Shahid Rao Tuli Ram, who was freedom fighter in the Independence movement of 1857, it was a proud moment for him to represent the Haryana community who gave birth to those braveheart soldiers of Ahirs of 13 Kumaon Regiment. He also applauded Maj Gen G D Bakshi and his team for screening the battle which was fought in the times of black and white cinema, for the first time on a coloured screen with so much enthusiasm.
Maj Gen G D Bakshi, in his opening speech, said, “We used to have an ecosystem for sustaining bravery through ballads and poets who sang war songs in the villages, which is dead and gone. We thought Bollywood would step in but it has done very little. So we the former soldiers and veterans decided to help ourselves to spread the ethics of duty, honor, courage & country”.
The event was hosted at the Upstage Cinema by The Roseate House Aerocity, New Delhi, and witnessed the presence of Lt Gen B S Sharwant, Director General Rashtriya Rifles – Colonel of the Kumaon Regt; Lt Gen S S Mishra, Director General Infantry; Lt Gen Karan Yadav; Lt Gen S N Handa; Lt Gen Nanda, Maj Gen R K Arora, Maj Gen R K Khanna and Rear Admiral Radhakrishnan along with an audience of Harvard / Ivy League Alumni, Corporate Head Honchos, veterans, Government officials, entrepreneurs and various social and political influencers and leaders.
Pertinent to mention that Aditya Horizons, in concert with Epic Channel, is producing a series of documentaries on “The Famous Battles of India”. Five of these have been aired on Epic channel already. The latest in this series is “Sentinels of The Snow: The Battle of Rezangla”. This is the epic saga of the magnificent last man last round action of the C Company of 13 Kumaon Battalion of the Indian Army, which was defending the 16,000 foot high Rezangla pass in the remote Chushul area of Ladakh.
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