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The Battle For Tiger Hill

It was  nineteen ninety nine
a battle was about to begin
between the Indian Army
with the soldiers from Pakistan

My name is Yogendra Singh Yadav
a grenadier awarded the Param Vr Chakra
the highest honour for gallantry
this is how the  fight begun

A stone  loosened and fell as we climbed that hill
after three nights  of carefully silently climbing
the Pakistan soldiers opened fire 
from bunkers metres above us not a good thing

Neither up or down we could go
heavy firing caused  eighteen officers and men
to retreat leaving  just seven jawans
with one hundred and thirty five men above us then

We fired at the nearest bunker killing the men
the Pakistani army came to assess our strength with ten men
managed to kill eight but two of them escaped able
to report back now we were in a predicament

I carried twenty five kilo of ammunitions
the battle was fierce, we killed  thirty five of them, 
my six soldiers were killed also,
I was alone, lying amongst the corpses

They shot at the corpses making sure all were dead
I received fifteen gunshot injuries and my gun was taken
had  grenade in my pocket, i pulled the ring and threw
landed in cap of one of the soldiers, exploded,he was on his way to heaven

They thought the indian army had returned
I picked up a Peeka rifle off one of the Pakistani soldiers
killing five soldiers, heard the voice saying retreat
to attack a MMG base further down the hill

I dumped myself in a drain, in no time was at base
saw the officer Lt.Balwan advised Pakistan army was on its way 
Charlie and Delta  was deployed to help Bravo Company
This resulted in the hill being taken by the Indian Army

This war took seven hours, and Tiger Hill was safe



I have been given a plot of land by the Utah Pradesh Government for my part in the battle.

Reference I used

Targil Battle - Tiger Hill (I put that name into search engine). Seven hour battle that won Tiger Hill.


Penned 4 April 2015

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