Tuesday, 29 January 2019

George Fernandes: Defence minister who kept the soldiers in Siachen on top of everything

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Much before the soldiers-in-Siachen-standing-to-protect-our-borders became the ultimate ‘slogan’ of Indian patriotism, it was George Fernandes who actually took the trouble to visit the jawans standing for long hours at the icy heights of the glacier. A defence minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government (1998-2004) when the Kargil war […]

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