Gen Rawat advocated hot pursuit to deal with cross-border terrorism

A quintessential military commander, Gen Bipin Rawat possessed an uncanny understanding of geopolitical upheavals, calibrated a tri-services military doctrine to make India face myriad security......

India's Forgotten Victory Over China

'340 PLA soldiers were dead and over 450 injured -- bodies were strewn outside the bunkers, tossed behind the lines, buried in trenches.'A fascinating excerpt from Probal DasGupta's Watershed 1967:......

Will General Bakshi be India's first CDS?

'In the present era of strategic uncertainty and rapidly changing threats, no military professional disputes the necessity of a joint planning staff for the planning and conduct of joint......

Why the government chose General Rawat

The government has sent a strong signal that only merit and suitability will count in occupying posts in the higher echelons of the military, notes Nitin Gokhale, founder, BharatShakti.in......