None of these units is prepared to concede to other any more credit than bagging a few stragglers who slipped out of their hands. Lt Col Anant Singh selected his fittest but exhausted 200 men for the operation to attack Khem Karan from southwest but was caught up among positions of 6 Lancers, B Squadron 15 Lancers and 3 SP Field Regiment.Īll three units of Pak Army claim the capture of Col Anant Singh and his 143 men. Lt Col Sahibdad Khan, CO 6 Lancers had embraced martyrdom on 9 Sept near Asal Uttar while leading his regiment from the front. Read more: ‘1965 war hero MM Alam’: Pakistan remembers veteran on 8th death anniversary Col Anant Singh’s unit was initially deployed at Burki village but later it was selected by General Harbaksh Singh to take part in a counterattack on Khem Karan scheduled on 12 Sept, Fidato. The brave CO still accepted the challenge but had to surrender to 6 Lancers. Lt Col Anant Singh along with 143 soldiers surrendered in Khem Kharan sector to an Artillery Regiment of Pakistan Army which was raised by Maharaja of Kashmir, as part of state forces in 1843.Ĥ Sikh (a regiment) was given a very ambitious task in extremely unfavorable environment. Subedar Ghulam Muhammad, 15 Punjab regiment (Pakistan Army) greets Lt Col Anant Singh, CO 4 Sikh regiment (Indian Army), as he arrives at prisoner of the war camp near Lahore in 1965. It was the first meeting of the two since they fought together in World War II. Subedar Ghulam Muhammad, 15 Punjab regiment (Pakistan Army) greets Lt Colonel Anant Singh, CO of 4 Sikh regiment (Indian Army), as he arrives at prisoner of the war camp near Lahore in 1965.
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