The courage of Captain Haneef, Vir Chakra, martyr at 25

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July 23, 2019 11:58

"Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999.

"He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the IMA.

''He had gone to fight for the 11 Rajputana Rifles whose war cry is 'Raja Ram Chandra ki Jai."

A must-read excerpt from Rachna Bisht Rawat's new book Kargil-Untold Stories from the War.

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