Baba Roastwala's video: 2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal Biography 33 A Legend Of 1971: Indo-Pak Battle Of Basantar Indian Army

Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal was born on 14th October 1950 in Pune into a military family. Son of Lt Col (later Brigadier) M.L. Khetarpal and Mrs Maheshwari Khetarpal, 2nd Lt Arun was the eldest of their two sons. As several generations of his family had served in the armed forces, the love for the Army life came naturally to him. His great grand father had been in the Sikh army and fought against the British, while his grand father had served in the British Army during World War I. He studied from the Lawrence School , Sanawar located in Kasauli hills in Himachal Pradesh and did very well in academics as well as sports. He was made the school prefect in view of his all-round performance and he lived up to this school motto, “Never Give In” even after becoming an army officer.   He joined the National Defence Academy in June 1967. He belonged to Foxtrot Squadron and was the Squadron Cadet Captain of the 38th Course. Later on, he went to join the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned into the 17 Poona Horse on 13 June 1971. Just six months later, the war with Pakistan broke out on 03 Dec 1971 and 2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal was undergoing the Young Officers’ Course at Ahmednagar at that time. He was recalled from the course and soon joined his unit to take part in the famous “Battle of Basantar” in the Shakargarh sector. Indo-Pak War : 16 Dec 1971  During the Indo-Pak War of 1971, the 17 Poona Horse was assigned to the command of the 47th Infantry Brigade, which was involved in the Battle of Basantar in the Shakargarh sector. The Brigade had to establish a bridgehead across the River Basantar. On 15th December, the brigade had captured its objective, although, it was filled with extensive mines by the enemy, preventing deployment of tanks of Poona Horse. It was a joint operation by 17 Horse, 4 Horse(Two armoured Regiments), 16 Madras and 3 Grenadiers. The engineers had cleared the mines halfway when the Indian troops noticed alarming activity of the enemy armour asking for air support. At this critical juncture, the 17 Poona Horse decided to push through the minefield.   On 16 December, Pakistani armour launched the first of their counter-attacks under the cover of a smokescreen at Jarpal, targeting the ‘B’ Squadron. The commander of the squadron urgently called for reinforcements. 2nd Lt. Arun Khetarpal, who was in ‘A’ squadron and was stationed close by, responded promptly, along with the rest of his regiment. 2nd Lt Khetarpal rushed to meet the Pakistani armour and launched his ferocious counter attack. With his troops, he was able to subdue the enemy advance with his tanks successfully. However, during the battle, the commander of the second tank Lt Ahlawat got injured. Alone in charge, 2nd Lt Khetarpal continued his attack on the enemy. But the enemy did not retreat despite heavy casualties. 2nd Lt. Khetarpal attacked the incoming Pakistani troops and tanks taking down an enemy tank in the process. However, Pakistani forces regrouped and counterattacked. In the ensuing tank battle, 2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal with 2 remaining tanks fought off and destroyed 10 enemy tanks.   ीराइट क़ानून द्वारा अनुमत उपयोग है जो अन्यथा उल्लंघनकारी हो सकता है। गैर-लाभकारी, शैक्षिक। या व्यक्तिगत उपयोग उचित उपयोग के पक्ष में संतुलन का सुझाव देता है। इस वीडियो का मूल कार्यों पर iMpact नहीं है (यह वास्तव में मीटर के लिए सकारात्मक होगा)। यह वीडियो शिक्षण उद्देश्यों के लिए भी है। 3. यह परिवर्तनकारी नहीं है। प्रकृति में। 4. जहाँ आवश्यक हो वहां बिंदु प्राप्त करने के लिए हमने केवल बिट्स और वीडियो के टुकड़ों का उपयोग किया है। उनके पास उचित उपयोग के अनुसार, पुन: purposed या re-purp है। दूसरों को शिक्षित करने और प्रेरित करने के इरादे से काम करें। हालांकि, किसी भी सामग्री के मालिक अपने चित्र और क्लिप को पसंद करेंगे, कृपया हमसे संपर्क करें। Thank You For Watching.! © All copyrights goes to their respective owners.if any content owners would like their pics.clips and MUSic removed, please contact us. If In This Video Have any Copyright Section Then You contact to below video link owner : https://youtu.be/HV24s0jFVDE _33 cqmh arun Khetarpal abdul hamid 1965 hero abdul hamid asal uttar asal uttar hero Khemkaran Abul hamid Biography Biography Of defence personnel Paramvir Chakra Winner Paramvur Chakra 17 poona Horse CQMH Abdul Hamid wikipedia Wikipedia of abdul hamid Grenadier Infan regiment