Param Vir Chakra Abdul Hamid, a Hero's Hero

September 08, 2015 12:30

"Both Abdul Hamid and the enemy tank place each other in their sights and shoot. Both shells hit their targets. There is a loud blast, fire and smoke.

"Abdul Hamid is dead. He has destroyed a total of seven enemy tanks, many more than what an armoured formation could take on."

Rachna Bisht Rawat salutes Abdul Hamid's incomparable courage in the 1965 War. An exclusive excerpt from her new book, 1965: Stories from the Second Indo-Pak War (Penguin Viking). Read

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