Kargil: How Sonam Wangchuk and 40 men defeated 135 Pakistani troops

July 26, 2019 10:10

Colonel Sonam Wangchuk was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest honour for courage, for wresting the first victory of the Kargil War.

Leading 40 men, his unit evicted 135 Pakistani troops in a three day battle fought in two feet snow and minus 6 degrees.

The war hero tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih that what he did was nothing extraordinary, it was just his duty as a soldier.

Read the story here.

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