Why 120 Indian Soldiers Never Left This Mountain

On 18 November 1962, about 120 soldiers of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon, held Rezang La, a mountain pass in Ladakh about 16,000 feet up, with no artillery support, against wave after wave of attacks. Almost all of them were Ahirs from Haryana. Their commander, Major Shaitan Singh, was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. For almost three months, nobody knew what had happened up there. 0:00 The flare 0:49 Chapter 1: The First Knock 1:47 Chapter 2: No Guns Behind the Gate 2:35 Chapter 3: The Ram 3:31 Chapter 4: The Last Man at the Gate 4:41 Chapter 5: What Was Behind the Gate 5:31 Chapter 6: The Gate Opens Sources: Param Vir Chakra citation of Maj. Shaitan Singh; Kulpreet Yadav, "The Battle of Rezang La" (Capt. Kishori Lal's account); ThePrint; Scroll; Aviation & Defence Universe; Wikipedia (Battle of Rezang La, Shaitan Singh, 20 Lancers, Battle of Gurung Hill). Casualty figures differ between sources. Indian accounts and Chinese records are both given in the video. All scenes, portraits and memorial images are illustrations made for this video. Terrain from Terrain Tiles (Mapzen / AWS Open Data, SRTM elevation data). Maps show the official boundaries of India. Memorial inscription: Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Horatius". Watch next: How India Hid a Nuclear Bomb From America's Satellites:    • How India Hid a Nuclear Bomb From America'...   #RezangLa #IndianArmy #1962War #ShaitanSingh #IndianHistory