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Inspiring Indians.8157071.Powerpoint
Inspiring Indians.8157071.Powerpoint
- Suhail Haque
His life still inspires a lot of young RAW
officers and he is still remembered as India’s
finest intelligence agent who never gave up
serving his country in his death. Ravinder
Kaushik will always be a true Indian soldier
who gave his life without ever asking for any
acknowledgement. We salute the great Indian
warrior – The Black Tiger!
Ravinder Kaushik
(Black Tiger) Ravinder Kaushik was born in Sri Ganganagar
, Rajasthan on April 11, 1952. He was a
famous theatre artist and displayed his talent at
the national level dramatic meet in Lucknow,
which was witnessed by some officials of the
Indian Intelligence Agency RAW. He was
contacted and offered a job for being an
undercover agent of India in Pakistan. At the
age of 23, he was sent to Pakistan on a
mission.
Ravinder Kaushik (cont.)
Yes, he is a great talker and charming in his own way but still he is more of a Poirot than a
Sherlock... more of a Father Brown than a James Bond.
Ajit Doval (cont.)
Mission Zone : Pakistan
He was undercover in Pakistan for 7 years!! He sent vital information regarding their Nuclear development.
This is all that is known about his work in Pakistan, other details remain classified.
Duval sharing a incident while he was in Pakistan. For Non -Hindi speakers I am giving a rough translation
of what he told in first person but it is only a approximate translation and of course lacks the charisma of the
man telling it himself-
" When in Pakistan , I happened to go to a Dargah since I was supposed to be a Muslim man. There, in front
of the Dargah I saw a man with a long white beard who called me and asked me whether I was a Hindu? I
said it was not true . He asked me to follow him and took me through some lanes to a nearby house . He
closed the room and told me I was a Hindu since he had seen a hole in my ear ( In some Hindu traditions ,
both boys and girls have their ears pierced at birth). I told him I used to be a Hindu but i had converted but
he insisted I was still a Hindu . Further, he said that he could observe all this because he himself was a Hindu
and showed me Durga and Shiva idols in his almirah. His family has been killed off and he had since been
living in disguise. He said he felt happy whenever he could meet another Hindu .
Ajit Doval (cont.)
Ajit Doval stayed undercover in Pakistan for 7 years! 7 years, can you
imagine that? 7 years of life in a foreign country living a fake life among
alien people while following a different religion! And it’s not a movie we
are talking about.
Ajit Doval (cont.)
Mission Zone : Golden Temple, Amritsar
This might as well be a scene from a movie. It was the late 1980's and the Golden temple, the
holiest shrine of the Sikhs had been captured by pro- Khalistani Militants. The Army was in a
dilemma . Besides the moral crisis of storming the holy place was the strategically flaw of not
knowing the enemy number, positions or strength who were holed up inside the temple.
At this stage entered a vendor who loitered around for some days outside the temple
complex. At the backdrop of the tense situation , an outsider who nobody had seen before
moving around was sure to attract notice but the truth was he was deliberately playing out a
suspicious character to get the attention of the militants . Soon , he was taken inside by the
fanatics. He revealed himself to be an ISI agent who had come to help them against their
fight against the Indian government . The terrorists were bought the tale.
(Convincing terrorists? Now, Who does that but the one and only Ajit Duval)
Ajit Doval (cont.)
Soon he had access to the entire complex. The militants Zealously showed
him around and told him about the arrangements they had made for the
fighting. Duval thus obtained and revealed enemy statistics to the Army
which then successfully carried out "Operation Black Thunder".
And Mr Duval was even present at the premises during the fighting !
No wonder, the government had to break all protocol to give him the Kirti
Chakra despite him not being an army man.
Ajit Doval (cont.)
IC814 Hijack
Doval was the main negotiator with the terrorists during IC814 hijack.
Moreover, he has been involved in the termination of all 15 airplane hijacks
that took place between 1971-1999.
Ajit Doval (cont.)
Iraq Mission – Bringing back 46 Nurses from Iraq
When the situation for 46 nurses seemed bleak in the violence torn country Iraq, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi asked Doval to carry out a high level meeting for bringing
back 46 nurses and if necessary to carry out a mass evacuation of Indians from Iraq.
Just the day after meeting, Mr Doval went on a secret mission to Iraq to complete the
task as he always did.
Today, Mr Doval is the National Security Advisor to Narendra Modi since 30 May,
2014. He was also the director of Intelligence Bureau in 2004-2005 after heading its
operation wing for a decade.
In 1988, he was awarded with Kirti Chakra, one of the highest gallantry awards that is
only given to military men. But seeing his contribution to our country, an exception
was made, and he became the first Police Officer to receive Kirti Chakra.
For displaying the most conspicuous personal bravery
and junior leadership of the highest order, Captain
Manoj Kumar Pandey was awarded the Param Vir
Chakra, India's highest medal for gallantry,
posthumously.
"He died the most glorious death", said Rai, a Vir
Chakra awardee, recounting the epic battle of Kargil
and Capt. Manoj's will to fight and indomitable spirit
in capturing the Khalubar Hills on the night of July 2-
3, 1999.
Even in his death, there was glory, because his rifle
were pointing towards the enemy bunkers, which were
Manoj Kumar Pandey empty by then and the frozen fingers squeezing the
triggers.
He cleared NDA in his very first attempt and in his
SSB interview his assessor asked
"Why do you want to join army?
Jaswant took the MMG and began crawling back towards the Indian lines
but he and Trilok were fatally hit by Chinese automatic fire when nearing
safety.
Gopal Gusain was wounded but managed to drag the MMG into the Indian
post. This turned the course of the battle and the Chinese retreated, leaving
some 300 dead behind. Trilok and Gopal the Vir Chakra.
A popular and widely-disseminated local story goes as follows : it was the
final phase of the sino-indian war in november 1962. Even as his company
was asked to fall back, jaswant singh remained at his post at an altitude of
10,000 feet and held back chinese soldiers for three days assisted by two
local monpa girls named sela and nura.
They set up weapons at separated spots and maintained a volume of fire
that made the Chinese think they were opposed by a body of troops.
Finally the Chinese captured the man who was supplying rations to Jaswant
and he revealed to them that they were opposed by only one man.
They attacked in force, Sela died in a grenade burst, Nura was captured and
Jaswant supposedly shot himself with his last cartridge when he realized
that he was about to be captured.
It is alleged that the Chinese cut off Jaswant Singh's head and took it back
to China. However, after the ceasefire, the Chinese commander, impressed
by the soldier's bravery, returned the head along with a brass bust of
Jaswant Singh. The bust, created in China to honor the brave Indian soldier,
is now installed at the site of the battle.
At the spot where he fought,a small temple has come up with a bust of his
and many of his personal effects.
Yogendra Singh Yadav was a member of an Indian
grenadier battalion during a conflict with Pakistan in
1999. Their mission was to climb "Tiger Hill"
(actually a big-ass mountain), and neutralize the
three enemy bunkers at the top.
Yogendra Singh Yadav
Unfortunately, this meant climbing up a sheer
hundred-foot cliff-face of solid ice. Since they didn't
want to all climb up one at a time with ice-axes,
they decided they'd send one guy up, and he'd fasten
the ropes to the cliff as he went, so everyone else
could climb up the sissy way. Yadav, being
awesome, volunteered.
Half way up the icy cliff-o'-doom, enemies stationed
on an adjacent mountain opened fire, shooting them
with an RPG, then spraying assault-rifle fire all over
the cliff. Half his squad was killed, including the
commander, and the rest were scattered and
disorganized. Yadav, in spite of being shot three
times, kept climbing.
When he reached the top, one of the target bunkers opened fire on him with
machine guns. Yadav ran toward the hail of bullets, pitched a grenade in the
window and killed everyone inside.
By this point the second bunker had a clear shot and opened fire, so he ran
at them, taking bullets while he did, and killed the four heavily-armed men
inside with his bare hands.
Meanwhile, the remainder of his squad was standing at the top of the cliff
staring at him saying, "dude, holy shit!" They then all went and took the
third bunker with little trouble.
For his gallantry and sheer balkiness', he was awarded the Param Vir
Chakra, India's highest military award. Unlike the Medal of Honour, the
Param Vir Chakra is only given for "rarest of the rare gallantry which is
beyond the call of duty and which in normal life is considered impossible to
do." That's right, you actually have to break the laws of reality just to be
eligible.
Major "Baba" Harbhajan Singh was an
Indian army soldier who died near the
Nathula Pass in eastern Sikkim, India. He is
revered by soldiers of the Indian army as the
"Hero of Nathula" and the army men have
also built a shrine in his honour.
He has been accorded the status of saint by
Baba Harbhajan Singh believers who refer to him as the Baba
(August 3, 1941 – (saintly father).
September 11, 1967) Baba Harbhajan Singh born into a Sikh
family on August 3, 1941 in the village of
Batthe Bhaini in Punjab (India). In June 1956
he enrolled himself as a soldier in Amritsar
and joined the Corps of Signals. On June 30,
1965 was granted a commission and posted
to the 14 Rajput regiment. During the 1965
Indo-Pakistan war he served as an Adjutant
of his unit. Later he was transferred to 18
Rajput. It was with this regiment that he met
his end on September 11, 1967 in Sikkim.
His death is that he was a victim of battle at 14500 feet of the Nathula
Pass, Sikkim where there were many fierce skirmishes between the
Indian Army and Chinese Red Army during the 1965 Sino-Indian war.
He was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra medal for his
bravery and martyrdom on September 11, 1967.
However, according to legend, Harbhajan Singh drowned in a glacier
while trying to lead a column of mules carrying supplies to a remote
outpost. As the first casualty of the 23rd Punjab Regiment in that war, a
manhunt was launched to find him. His remains were found after three
days and he was cremated with full military honours. The legend further
claims that it was Harbhajan Singh who himself helped the search party
to find his body. Still later, through a dream, he instructed one of his
colleagues to build and maintain a shrine in his memory.
Some Indian soldiers believe that in the event of a war between India and China,
Baba would warn the Indian soldiers of any impending attack at least the three days
in advance. During flag meetings between the two nations at Nathula, the Chinese
set a chair aside to honour of Harbhajan Singh who has since come to be known as
saint ("Baba")
Every year on September 11, a jeep departs with his personal belongings to the
nearest railway station, New Jalpaiguri, from where it is then sent by train to the
village of Kuka, inKapurthala district in Punjab. While empty berths on any train of
the Indian Railways are invariably allocated to any passenger without a confirmed
reservation (Reservation against cancellation, RAC, or wait listed) or on a first come
first served basis by the coach attendants, a special reservation for the Baba is
actually made for him and his berth left empty for the entire journey to his home
town every year with other soldiers accompanying "him" so as to reach him till his
home. A small sum of money is also contributed by soldiers posted in Nathula to be
sent to his mother each month.
There are also stories of soldiers discovering that he visited the camps at
night, used the bedclothes and boots in his room and on that can be found in
various social network posts about him. It has also been claimed that the
regiment still keeps an empty bed and other items of daily use. Some
sources suggest that he continues to draw a major's salary every month till
date.
The carpeted central room in the shrine is occupied by a brass bust and
large framed portraits of the young soldier. The complex is manned by
barefooted uniformed personnel from the nearby army unit who do the droll
drill-polishing an array of baba's boots, cleaning his uniforms, making his
bed and shuttling his portrait between the bedroom and office. The soldiers
insist they find the bed linen crumpled and the boots muddy.
These legends only seem to add to the aura of the 'immortal' soldier, with
devotees - both military and civil - thronging his shrine. They leave behind
offerings of water in sealed bottles with names inscribed, which are
collected after a week-the time baba is believed to take to purify them.
He has defeated dead. Believe it or not but it is true, one of its kind of story
in the world- a man from an Indian army in a Nathula border is still doing
his duty even after his death some three decades back.
60km from Gangtok towards the panoramic view of the Nathula landscape
a road leads towards the valley of Kupup. Here is the shrine of Baba
Harbhajan popularly known as Baba Mandir. Baba Harbhajan has been
guarding the international boundary of the two Asian giants, the China and
India over the last three decades.
Search for Sepoy Harbhajan was made with no results it was on the fifth
day of the missing, his colleague Pritam Singh had a dream of Harbhajan
Singh informing him of his tragic incident and his dead body being found
under the heap of snows.
Pritam Singh ignored the dream as just as an imagination but later when the
body of Sepoy Harbhajan Singh was found at the spot where Harbhajan
Singh had informed the army official was taken aback and to mark respect
and towards his wish a samadhi was constructed near Chhokya Chho.
Baba Harbhajan Singh warns the dangerous activities on the border through
the dreams of fellow army men. Even Chinese army men believe to have
seen a human figure doing patrolling in the night across the border.
He was the only person from Indian air force to
be awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
It was his immediate response and a brave
fight that led to the abortion of the enemies'
bombing run on Srinagar airfield during the
Indo pak war of 1971.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was
serving with the No. 18 Squadron, "The Flying
Bullets" of IAF, flying the Folland Gnat fighter
aircraft based at Srinagar.
Flying officer Nirmal Jit On 14 December 1971, Srinagar airfield was
Singh Sekhon attacked by sixPakistan Air Force F-86 Sabre
jets of 26 Sqn from PAF base Peshawar. Flying
Officer Sekhon was on readiness duty at that
time.
As soon as the first aircraft attacked, Sekhon
rolled for take-off as No 2 in a two-Gnat
formation, with Flt Lt Ghumman in lead, just as
the first bombs were falling on the runway.
Sekhon took off in spite of the danger from
the enemy jets which were strafing the
runway.
Fighting alone, he managed to hit two of the
enemy air-crafts in a fierce dogfight. He
secured hits on one aircraft and set another on
fire. By this time the other Sabre aircraft
came to the aid of their hard-pressed
companions and Flying Officer Sekhon's
Gnat was again outnumbered, this time by
four to one.
Even though alone, Flying Officer Sekhon
engaged the enemy in an unequal combat. In
the fight that followed, at treetop height, he
almost held his nerves, but was eventually
overcome by the sheer weight of numbers.
His aircraft crashed and he was killed.
SOME EXAMPLES
OF SUCCESSFUL &
INSPIRING
ENTREPRENEURS
'Ask shamelessly, be empathetic'
"I don't want to make a list only
because I'm a woman and a
minority.”
"As an entrepreneur, I am just
starting out and have a long way to
go. But in the future, I don't want to
hear of women entrepreneurs as a
category at all.”
Entrepreneur Ashwini Ashokan
talks about her early struggles as an
entrepreneur and what it means to
be a woman in a man's world.
I left Silicon Valley to come to India to start an AI company with my
husband; I am a woman co-founder of an Artificial Intelligence company
and I don't write a single line of code. And I wear this story on my sleeve
to tell everyone to back off with their stereotypes," says Ashwini Asokan
of Mad Street Den (MSD).
Not one to just say what needs to be done but lead by example, Ashwini
had some great inputs to share.
In a candid chat she spoke about her life, challenges and women in tech.
Here are some excerpts:
Growing up
Chennai is home to Ashwini.
As a trained classical dancer and musician she travelled around the country
performing between the ages of 14-21.
"My entire life has been spent building on the threads that run through dance,
music, design, computers, people, culture and I owe all that to one man -- my
dad.