TEN TRUTHS ABOUT THE 1962 WAR

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

TEN TRUTHS ABOUT THE 1962 INDIA-CHINA WAR:

TEN TRUTHS ABOUT THE 1962 INDIA-CHINA WAR: The first truth is that of the military occupation of Tibet. His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during 1959 after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation.

1. The truth is that of Communist China’s military occupation of Tibet during 1950.

2. The truth is that of India not preparing for this military threat by joining a military alliance or pact like the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization(1955-1976).

3. The truth is that of India’s Prime Minister trying to appease the Communist rulers by signing a treaty of friendship.

4. The truth is that of not recognizing Tibet as an independent nation.

5. The truth is that of not using military force to fight the illegal invasion and occupation of Tibet.

6. The truth is that of failing to impose trade embargo and diplomatic sanctions to curb and contain Communist China.

7. The truth is that of not recognizing enemy’s military and intelligence capabilities.

8. The truth is that of not recognizing the limitations of covert operations.

9. The truth is that of each nation acts in accordance to its vested interest.

10. The truth is that of the War that is not yet fought; the War to establish Freedom, and Democracy in Tibet.

Ten Truths about the 1962 India-China War: Indian Army fought this War with utmost devotion to duty and entire Battalions had literally sacrificed their lives defending the Nation. India’s Defence Minister, A.K. Antony paid his tribute to the martyrs on the 50th Anniversary of this War.

Richard M. Helms, the CIA Director from 1966 to 1973. He was skeptical about the likely success of large- scale covert operations that are meant to manipulate political and economic conditions in other countries. However, in Richard Helms, Intelligence in service to Liberty found an unsurpassed Champion. In his words, he had stated the limitations of Intelligence Service, “GOD DID NOT GIVE PRESCIENCE TO HUMAN BEINGS.”

In my opinion, the 1962 India-China was the direct consequence of the military occupation of Tibet. Both the United States and India have responded to this military threat in an incomplete and inadequate manner. They had relied upon a covert CIA mission to help the Tibetan resistance which was not really capable of achieving its objective. Both CIA and Indian Intelligence Bureau had grossly underestimated the Intelligence and Military capabilities of their enemy. China had tricked them to believe that it would not retaliate by using direct, military action. During late 1950s, after Indian Intelligence Bureau had established close relations with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for support of Tibetan resistance that culminated in a massive, Tibetan National Uprising on March 10, 1959, China had viewed India as a partner of an imperialist conspiracy to challenge its power inside Tibet. In China’s calculation, India was no longer following the principle of “Non-Alignment Movement.” China carefully planned a massive retaliation strike across the Himalayan frontier to teach India a lesson and both CIA and Intelligence Bureau had failed to recognize this risk. China declared unilateral ceasefire on November 21, 1962 and withdrew from captured territory as it realized that United States may use the opportunity to directly intervene in the military confrontation. However, I would still commend both the CIA and India’s Intelligence Bureau for taking the initiative to respond to the military threat posed by Communist China. I would not hesitate to call Richard M. Helms, the CIA Director an unsurpassed Champion in service to Liberty, Freedom, and Democracy. He could be called a Cold War era Hero. In his words, “God did not give prescience to human beings,” I would state that the shortcomings of Intelligence is not important as we cannot depend upon covert operations to defend our vital, national security interests. A direct, military action during 1950s following Communist China’s invasion of Tibet would have prevented the 1962 India-China War and would have helped the cause of Freedom, Liberty, and Democracy. India has no reason to discuss the boundaries of its Himalayan frontier with People’s Republic of China. India has a right to defend its national interests along its entire border with Tibet and should not take cognizance of China’s military occupation and give it any legitimacy. India and China do not share a common border. In future, this War will be fought to liberate Tibet from its military occupation. The only maps that we need are the maps to establish the boundaries between Tibet and People’s Republic of China.

Richard McGarrah Helms(March 30, 1913 – October 22, 2002) was the chief architect of the legislation that created the Central Intelligence Agency during 1947. He had served in CIA in various positions and was its Director from June 1966 to February 1973. The 1962 India-China War was the consequence of a failed CIA mission inside Tibet.

Rudra N Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spirits-of-Special-Frontier-Force/362056613878227

SERVICE INFORMATION:

R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,
Personal Numbers:MS-8466/MR-03277K. Rank:Lieutenant/Captain/Major.
Branch:Army Medical Corps/Short Service Regular Commission(1969-1972); Direct Permanent Commission(1973-1984).
Designation:Medical Officer.
Unit:Establishment No.22(1971-1974)/South Column,Operation Eagle(1971-1972).
Organization: Special Frontier Force.( Special Frontier Force is a multinational defense plan to establish Freedom and Democracy in the occupied Land of Tibet.)

Rajaram’s Introduction:

No one in India has studied the tangled India-China-Tibet relations more comprehensively than the Auroville based French-born scholar Claude Arpi. In a series of books beginning with the Fate of Tibet (1999) to his latest 1962 and the McMahon Line, he has laid bare the incompetence of Indian governments, beginning with Nehru and his hunger for international glory culminating in the disaster of 1962. Two chapters in his latest book, Chapter 15 on Mao’s return to power passes through India and Chapter 16 entitled Why the Henderson Brooks report has never been released, justify reading the book. His insight on the dynamics of China’s domestic politics leading Mao to launch the attack as a diversion from his problems is hardly known in India.

What is clear from Arpi’s monumental effort is that while the armed forces learnt their lessons, the Army today is stronger than before, the politicians apparently have not. The India-China boundary was not demarcated then and it still is not. In the 1950s China was anxious for a boundary settlement but Nehru arrogantly dismissed Zhou Enlai‘s repeated overtures. Since there is no official boundary India is in no position to say that the Chinese violated the boundary and is therefore the aggressor! This simple fact seems to escape the thinking of Indian politicians. I recently heard a senior politician thunder: We are going to take back OUR territory in Aksai Chin! How do we know what is OUR territory when WE have not demarcated any boundary? Pray how are we going to retake it? By sending kar sevaks( temple servants ) but without maps? That is pretty much what Nehru asked the Army to do in 1962.

An official report observes: Across the board, the biggest failure in 1962 war was the inability of our political leadership to visualize Chinese aims in both the Eastern and Western Sectors. Both the government and military hierarchy thought that the Chinese hordes will come down and cross Brahmaputra in the East and capture Leh in the Western Sector giving little thought to where the Chinese claim lines were. In the event the Chinese did not cross their claim line both in the East as well as in the West and withdrew unilaterally.
In short, the Chinese had a clear idea of where their claim lines were while the Indians did not. Apparently they still do not.

Dr. N.S. Rajaram.

Ten truths about the 1962 War – Claude Apri

Here are some truths about the 1962 China’s War which are not often mentioned in history books or reports from the Government. Of course, this list is not exhaustive.
1. No precise location of the border: In the Army HQ in Delhi as well as locally in the NEFA, nobody was really sure where exactly the border (the famous McMahon Line) was. It is the reason why the famous Henderson Brooks report has been kept out of the eyes of the Indian public for fifty years. Till the fateful day of October 20, 1962, the Army bosses in Delhi were unable to tell the local commanders where the border in Tawang sector precisely was? [Sic: Releasing the report would expose Nehru's incompetence in not having a boundary demarcated despite repeated efforts by China. [ NSR]
2. There was no map: Lt. Gen. Niranjan Prasad, General Officer Commanding 4 Infantry Division wrote in his memoirs (The Fall of Tawang): It is hard to understand how any purposeful negotiation could have been conducted with Communist China [in 1960] when even such elementary details as accurate maps were not produced; or, if they were in existence, they were certainly not made available to the Army, who had been given the responsibility for ensuring the security of the border.
When Lt. Gen. Kaul was evacuated from the Namkha Chu on October 8, having fallen sick due to the altitude, he was carried pick-a-back by local porters. It was later discovered that one of them was a Chinese interpreter in a POW camp in Tibet. The secrets were out!

The Army had no map: There is the story of Capt. H.S. Talwar of the elite 17 Parachute Field Regiment who was asked to reinforce Tsangle, an advance post, north of the Namkha Chu on October 16. Without map, he and his men roamed around for 2 days in the snow; they finally landed a few kilometers east at a 2 Rajputs camp (and were eventually taken POWs to Tibet along with Brig. John Dalvi on October 21).
3. Some troops fought extremely well: Take the example of the 2 Rajputs under the command of Lt. Col. Maha Singh Rikh who moved to the banks of the Namka Chu river by October 10 as part of 7 Infantry Brigade. The brigade was stretched out along nearly 20 kilometers front beside the river. It was a five-day march to walk from an end to the other (the confluence with the Namjiang Chu). Not a single man from the Rajputs was awarded any gallantry medal, because there was no one left to write the citations; all the officers or JCOs who were not killed or seriously wounded were taken POW s Out of 513 all ranks on the banks of the river, the 2 Rajput lost 282 men, 81 were wounded and captured, while 90 others were taken prisoners. Only 60 other ranks, mostly from the administrative units got back.
Major B.K. Pant of 2 Rajput displayed exemplary heroism while wounded in the stomach and legs. Though his company suffered heavy casualties, he continued to lead and inspire his men, exhorting them to fight till the last man. When the Chinese finally managed to kill him, his last words were: Men of the Rajput Regiment, you were born to die for your country. God has selected this small river for which you must die. Stand up and fight like true Rajputs. Ditto for 4 Rajputs under Lt. Col. B. Avasthi in the Sela-Bomdila sector.
The Indian troops fought pitched battles in the Walong sector of the NEFA and Chushul in Ladakh inflicting heavy losses on the Chinese. [Sic: The credit for this should go to the superior leadership in the Western sector compared to what was given in the east. (See below.) - NSR]
4. A complete intelligence failure: The flamboyant new Corps Commander, Lt. Gen. B.M. Kaul planned Operation Leghorn to evict the Chinese by October 10. Kaul took over Corps IV, a Corps especially created to throw the Chinese out. On his arrival in Tezpur, Kaul addressed the senior officers: The Prime Minister himself had ordered these posts [near the Thagla ridge] to be set up and he had based his decision on the highest Intelligence advice.The highest intelligence inputs from Mullick turned out to be a sad joke on the 7 Infantry Brigade.
[Sic: It was the same B.M. Kaul who had himself admitted to a New Delhi hospital on the verge of the Chinese attack due to altitude sickness. A good organizer and staff officer, Kaul had no field experience and should not have been placed in command of a Corps (Corps IV) at such a strategically important theater. But Kaul was related to Prime Minister Nehru and his appointment as Corps Commander was seen as a stepping stone towards his eventual elevation to the post of Army Chief. He was made Commander of Corps IV replacing his senior General Umrao Singh and superseding half a dozen better qualified officers. The Chinese attack and the disintegration of the Corps IV under his ineffective leadership put an end to Kaul's meteoric career. I (NSR) write this with mixed feelings, even a twinge of regret, for Kaul was a very nice man and a
staunch patriot who took his downfall with exemplary grace. Only he was unfit for command. - NSR]
Until the last fateful minute, the arrogant Intelligence Bureau Chief, B.N. Mullick said the Chinese would not attack, they don’t have the capacity. Such a blunder! The Prime Minister himself, at Palam airport on his way to Colombo told the waiting journalists that he had ordered the Indian Army to throw the Chinese out. He generously left the time to the discretion of the Army. This was on October 12, 1962, just 8 days before the fateful day. He had received intelligence inputs from Mullick.

5. Chinese spies: Just as today Beijing can hack into any computer system, in Mao’s days, the Chinese intelligence knew everything about Kaul’s and his acolyte plans.
The Chinese had infiltrated the area using different methods. In his memoirs, Prasad recalled: From our own Signals channels I had received reports of a pirate radio operating somewhere in our area, but when we referred this to higher authorities the matter was dismissed: we were curtly told that there was no pirate radio transmitter on our side of the border. Subsequently it was confirmed that the Chinese had indeed sneaked in a pirate transmitter to Chacko (on the road to Bomdila) in the Tibetan labour camp. The aerial [antenna] of their transmitter was concealed as a tall prayer-flagstaff so common in the Buddhist belt of the Himalayas.
This is probably how Mao became aware of Operation Leghorn.
Some war veterans recall that on the way to Bomdila, there was a dhaba( a small restaurant) manned by two beautiful local girls. All officers and jawans would stop there, have a chai and chat with the girls. It turned out later that they were from the other side.
An informant told me that when Lt. Gen. Kaul was evacuated from the Namkha Chu on October 8, having fallen sick due to the altitude, he was carried pick-a-back by local porters. It was later discovered that one of them was a Chinese interpreter in a POW camp in Tibet. The secrets were out!

6. Gallantry Awards: The entire operation theater was plunged in deep chaos due to contradictory orders from the Army HQ (Lt. Gen. B.M. Kaul, the Corps Commander was directing the Operation from his sick-bed in Delhi). Ad-hocism was the rule before, during and after the Operations. [Sic: According to those who were with him at the time Kaul had a nervous breakdown when he heard the Chinese attacked or even earlier. His Corps IV virtually disappeared and the retreat became a rout with each man having to fend for himself. The consequences
were far more serious than a few misinformed gallantry awards. (See below.) - NSR]
To cite an example, the GOC, 4 Division was not informed that Subedar Joginder Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for some actions in Bumla (he later died of a gangrenous foot in a POW camp in Tibet). An officer who had run away was given the Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest gallantry award. The Government had distributed these lollipops to each regiment to show that everyone fought well. The awards were decided by Delhi without consulting the local commanders. [Sic: There were few local commanders left to consult. The topmost, Corps Commander Kaul had left the scene and was trying to direct operations from a hospital bed in New Delhi, while others on the scene, without a leader were either killed or captured by the Chinese. - NSR]
7. The role of some Monpas: A senior war veteran, Maj. Gen. Tewari who spent nearly 7 months as a POW in Tibet wrote: Kameng Frontier Division (Tawang) itself, they had many local people on their pay roll. They had detailed maps and knowledge of the area, how otherwise can you explain that they were able to build 30 km of road between Bumla and Tawang in less than 2 weeks?

According to local Monpas( Tibetan ethnicity ) only a few villages sided with the Chinese under duress (after all they were ‘chinkya’ like us, said the Chinese). Tewari recalled: I was in for a still bigger shock when it was discovered that almost all the secondary batteries had arrived without any acid. I presume that what had happened is that the porters must have found it lighter without liquid and they probably decided to lighten their loads by emptying out the acid from all the batteries. It was an indirect collaboration with China, though the majority of the Monpas were quite patriotic.
8. Pensions and pay: About 500 Indian jawans and officers were taken prisoner in the Tawang sector alone. As Brig. A.J.S. Behl says in his interview: My family got two telegrams: 2nd Lt Behl missing, believed dead. Till the Chinese authorities sent the names of the prisoners to the Indian Red Cross, all those killed and taken prisoners were considered as missing-in-action and their salaries were cut. For no fault of theirs, their wives and families had to manage on their own.
9. Mao’s return to power: In early 1962, Mao was out of power due to the utter failure of his Great Leap Forward. Some 45 million Chinese had died after a 3-year man-made famine. Mao Zedong managed to come back on the political scene in September 1962. If he had not managed to return at that time, the war with India would have probably not taken place. Of course, with many sections of world history could be rewritten, but it is a fact that once Mao’s ideological hard-line prevailed in Beijing, it was difficult to avoid a clash. [Sic: This is new insight offered by the author, Mao launched the attack for domestic reasons, to divert attention from his failures. Interestingly, Chinese history books barely mention the 1962 war and 90 percent of the Chinese are totally unaware of what happened! Where mentioned at all the Chinese claim that India attacked and
they fought in self-defence. - NSR]

10. America’s dubious role: Averell Harriman, the US Assistant Secretary of State and Duncan Sandys, the British Secretary for Commonwealth Relations visited India on November 22, 1962. This was the day China declared a unilateral ceasefire in the war with India. The visit was supposedly to assess India’s needs to resist Communist China; but both envoys made clear their government’s willingness to provide military assistance to India but pointed out the related need for negotiations to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
A clear signal was given to India who had hardly recovered from the blackest month of her history: she had to compromise on Kashmir. Consequently six rounds of talks between India and Pakistan were held to find a solution for the vexed issue, but to no avail. However, Ayub Khan, the Pakistani President, must have taken the Western intervention as an encouragement for his claim. The Kennedy and later the Johnson Administrations thought of re-balancing the assistance to Pakistan, with the condition that India should accept to settle the Kashmir issue.
[Sic: Kennedy who like many Western leaders had fought in World War II had nothing but contempt for Indian leaders. When the Indian Ambassador (and Prime Minister Nehru's cousin) B.K. Nehru went to see Kennedy and appealed for help, Kennedy scornfully said: The British fought the Germans for two years before we went to their help, and you couldn't fight them for two days? [NSR]

Claude Arpi is French-born (1949) author, journalist, historian and tibetologist who lives in Auroville, India.

Special Frontier Force and China – Tibet Dispute (bhavanajagat.com)
From Tibet to Tawang, a legacy of suspicions (thehindu.com)
Soldiers who died in 1962 war honoured for the first time (ibnlive.in.com)
For the first time, martyrs of 1962 war officially honoured (thehindu.com)
’1962 war detrimental to both India and China’ (thehindu.com)
Opinion: Tibet rejects Chinese rule (edition.cnn.com)
War of words between China, Britain over Tibet issue (tibetstruth.com)
Special Frontier Force-operation Eagle-gallantry Award (bhavanajagat.com)

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE-OPERATION EAGLE-GALLANTRY AWARD

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

An Open Letter to the President of India regarding the grant of Gallantry Award for participation in Operation Eagle while serving with Establishment Number. 22, also known as Special Frontier Force.

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – OPERATION EAGLE – GALLANTRY AWARD

Shri. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, President of India: He is requested to decide about the merit in my claim for a Gallantry Award for my participation in a military action called Operation Eagle conducted by a multinational military organization called Establishment Number. 22 or Special Frontier Force.

Honourable President of India,
Rashtrapati Bhavan,
New Delhi, India.

Sir,

Reference: Grievance Registration Number: PRSEC/E/2009/05526.

1. With due honour and respect I submit to you that I was granted President’s Commission and was appointed in the rank of Lieutenant on 26 July 1970 to serve in the Regular Army. This appointment was duly confirmed and a notification was posted in the Gazette of India. As per the directions that I had received at the time of this appointment, I had reported on 22 September 1971 for duty at a multinational military organization called Headquarters Establishment Number. 22 which is also known as Special Frontier Force. During 1971, I had participated in a military action named Operation Eagle and this battle plan was duly sanctioned by the Prime Minister of India. I am seeking your help to obtain due recognition for the service rendered by me during Operation Eagle. The participants of this military action are entitled to receive military decorations, medals, honours, and awards as per the eligibility criteria established by the Prime Minister’s battle plan. I have shared some details about Operation Eagle at my Homepage of Bhavanajagat.com and the details are as follows:-

1. http://Bhavanajagat.com/2010/04/03/Award-of-Gallantry-Awards-Indo-Pak-War-of-1971/

2. http://Bhavanajagat.com/2011/10/01/Operation-Eagle-Gallantry-Award/

2. I would request you to give this petition a careful consideration and ask Government of India to take the necessary action to grant the Gallantry Award. If the information that I have provided is reviewed by our Enemy against whom I was directed to take action, the Enemy may discover some merit in my claim and may choose to punish me for my action. Kindly note that Award or Punishment are two-sides of the same coin and it depends upon the perception of the party viewing the coin. If there is any merit in my claim, fairness and justice demand appropriate action.

Thanking You,

Yours Faithfully,

R. Rudra Narasimham.

Rudra N Rebbapragada

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spirits-of-Special-Frontier-Force/362056613878227

SERVICE INFORMATION:

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,
Ex-Personal Number:MS-8466. Rank:Lieutenant/Captain.
Branch:Army Medical Corps/Short Service Regular Commission(1969-1972).Designation:Medical Officer.Unit:South Column,Operation Eagle(1971-72),
Ex-Personal Number:MR-03277K. Rank:Captain/Major.
Branch:Army Medical Corps/Direct Permanent Commission(1973-1984).
Designation:Medical Officer.
Unit:Headquarters Establishment Number. 22 C/O 56 APO(1971-74),
Organization: Special Frontier Force.

President’s Commission 26 July 1970.pdf

President’s Commission Dated 20 September 1971.pdf

Shri. Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1894 - 1980 ). My grandfather knew him very well during the years they had spent in Madras(Chennai).

Shri. Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1894 – 1980 ). The Fourth President of India had granted me President’s Commission and had appointed me in the rank of Lieutenant on 26 July 1970. Dr. Kasturi. Narayana Murthy, M.D.,my maternal grandfather knew him very well during the years they had spent in Madras(Chennai).

President of India Shri. V. V. Giri is seen with Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Manekshaw and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after India’s victory in 1971 War that liberated Bangladesh.

I was granted President’s Commission to serve in the Regular Army and was appointed in the Rank of Lieutenant on 26 July, 1970.

The grant of President’s Commission is not a State Secret.The notification about this appointment in the rank of Lieutenant was duly published in the Gazette of India.

SPIRITUALISM – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

SPIRITUALISM – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: THE SPIRITS OF SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE( ESTABLISHMENT NO. 22) – OPERATION EAGLE – LIBERATION WAR OF BANGLADESH 1971:

Spiritualism – The Living Tibetan Spirits : For the purpose of working out a response to the current tragic situation in Tibet, a Special General Meeting of Tibetans was held at Dharamshala, India from September 25 to 28 this Year.

Spiritualism-The Living Tibetan Spirits : On September 02, 1960, the first members of the First Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile took their Oath of office. Tibetans most recently celebrated 52nd Democracy Day. As per their Charter, they convened a Special General Meeting of Tibetans for the purpose of responding to the current tragic situation in Tibet. This Meeting was held for four days from September 25, to September 28, 2012. The Living Tibetan Spirits were not present at this Meeting. They inhabit my Consciousness. I intend to speak on their behalf and express their desire for Tibetan Freedom.

TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS OF SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE :

SPIRITUALISM AND THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: In Tibetan Buddhism, Bodhisattva-Avalokitesvara is physically manifested as His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

At the beginning, I would like to submit to all of my readers that this conversation is not about the principles of Tibetan Buddhism. I ask my readers to know that I am not speaking about Tibetan’s traditional belief in reincarnation. In Tibetan Buddhism, a “TULKU” is a particularly high-ranking Lama who can choose the manner of his( or her) rebirth or reincarnation. I have no personal affiliation with any high-ranking Lama including the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness The Dalai Lama. I do not seek to represent him in any manner. I am sharing my personal experience, my association, and my contact with non-clergy members among Tibetan exiles, the laity, the peasants, and other ordinary folks of Tibetan origin. The Tibetan Spirits that I know are not supernatural beings and they do not claim to possess any kind of supernatural powers. I am exclusively speaking on behalf of ’The Living Tibetan Spirits’ that inhabit my ‘Consciousness’ and we are not affiliated with any political organization or governmental Agency. I would like to carefully define each term that I may use in this conversation to avoid confusion and misrepresentation of facts or information that pertains to Tibetan Identity and Tibetan Culture. It must be clearly noted that traditional Tibetan Buddhism supports the concept of “ANATMA” and proclaims the non-existence of human soul. Having studied, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology, I would like to share my understanding about human soul and spirit. I would not be surprised if a majority of Tibetan Buddhist clergy reject my views about human soul and spirit.

WHAT IS SPIRIT? WHAT IS THE LIVING SPIRIT? :

I use the term ‘soul’ to refer to the animating, or vital, Life Principle in living things. The term ‘spirit’ is often used to refer to the intelligent, or immaterial part of man as distinguished from the human body, and mind. It may be said that the ‘spirit’ is the immaterial reality that is imperceptible to the organs of sense perception. I describe consciousness as the fundamental characteristic of living things and I describe consciousness as a spiritual function; a function that requires the operation of soul, and spirit. I claim that consciousness is the absolute nature of living things or living objects. Consciousness is the natural principle by which a living thing knows and experiences its external and internal environment. Being conscious means recognizing the existence, the fact of something. Consciousness is the biological characteristic which is the evidence of a living thing knowing the fact of its own existence; it knows as to where it exists and knows as to how it is existing. A dead, or non-living thing has no consciousness and the dead object has no awareness of the world in which it may be found. I cannot describe a soul and spirit as entities that may exist independently of living matter. Hence, I would like to suggest that soul, and spirit are known because of their association with a living person. I do not believe in a disembodied spirit. I am intentionally using the term, ‘The Living Spirits’ as I do not believe in the existence of ‘Dead Spirits’. Spiritism is a belief that natural, living objects have indwelling spirits. When used as an adjective, the term ‘spiritual’ means, relating to or concerned with the spirit or soul. This term is often used to describe human relationships. The term ‘spiritual’ in the context of human relationships describes the nature of a relationship, a partnership, an association, a connection, or bonding between two or more living people based upon thoughts, or feelings of sympathy, and understanding.

THE STORY ABOUT THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS OF SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE :

Personal Number: MS-8466/MR-03277 K. Rank: Captain. Name: R Rudra Narasimham(R R Narasimham), Branch: Army Medical Corps/Short Service Regular Commission(1969)/Direct Permanent Commission(1973). Unit: Headquarters Establishment Number. 22, C/O 56 APO. Designation: Medical Officer from September 22, 1971 to December 18, 1974. Organization: SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE.

SPIRITUALISM – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS – THE SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE: I had served in this organization from September 22, 1971 to December 18, 1974. I was not a mercenary working for a foreign government or Agency. I was fully involved and was prepared to defend the legitimate border between India and Tibet as established by the McMahon Treaty and the Simla Agreement of 1914 between India and Tibet. We as an organization defended our own territory to defend our natural rights. We were fully ready to conduct offensive operations against our Enemy if the Enemy attacks us during the conduct of our military mission.

SPIRITUALISM – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS – SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE : This is a photo image taken in 1972 while I served in the Special Frontier Force. Before this photo was taken, we were joking about the Intelligence Service of Communist China. We had defended India’s Himalayan Frontier along the McMahon Line and patrolled the territory that China had illegally claimed. China’s Intelligence Service has a Policy to obtain photo images of all Indian Army Officers who may enter the disputed Himalayan territory. Our response to China was; “COME AND GET US ON THE BATTLEFIELD.”

OPERATION EAGLE-THE MILITARY OPERATION IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS IN 1971-72. SPIRITUALISM AND THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS.

SPIRITUALISM-THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: The “POORVI STAR” is my evidence for my participation in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. We fought this battle, and had buried or cremated our dead and there was no foreign government or Agency involved in this Battle.

I was granted Short Service Regular Commission to serve in the Indian Army Medical Corps during 1969 and had joined the Service on July 26, 1970 in the rank of Lieutenant. On completion of basic military training at Lucknow and professional training at Military Hospital, Ambala, I was posted to Headquarters Establishment Number. 22, C/O 56 APO which belonged to an organization called Special Frontier Force. This organization is primarily concerned about defending the legitimate border between India and Tibet as established by the McMahon Treaty and the Simla Agreement of 1914 and its purpose is that of ending the military occupation of Tibet by People’s Republic of China. This organization was conceived by the 35th U.S. President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy during 1962. President Kennedy had pursued the U.S. Foreign Policy that was initiated by the 33rd U.S. President, Harry S Truman(1949-1952). President Truman founded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or ‘NATO’ on 04 April, 1949. NATO is a multinational defense plan to defend Europe in response to tensions with Soviet Union(USSR). The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was formulated to protect Greece and Turkey from Communist domination. The 34th U.S. President, Dwight David Eisenhower(1953-1961), and his Secretary of State John Foster Dulles continued Truman administration’s policy of containing Communism. Eisenhower Doctrine of 1957 was designed to protect the Middle East from Communist aggression. At that time, the U.S. administration and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) started playing an increasing role to defend Tibetan interests and provided training and equipment to Tibetan freedom fighters to resist the military occupation of Tibet by the People’s Liberation Army of Communist China. During October 1962, after a massive, and brutal attack on India’s Himalayan Frontier, India recognized the military threat posed by Communist China. India needed urgent foreign assistance as it had faced critical shortages in its Defence preparedness. Despite its military weakness, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who had embraced the policy of political neutralism, demanded that military assistance would be accepted on a secret basis while India officially continued its adherence to its Non-Alignment Policy. Similarly, Tibetan Exile Leader, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama continued Tibet’s policy of political isolationism, and had agreed to participate in a military alliance or pact with the United States and India to respond to the military threat and military occupation of Tibet by Communist China without publicly disclosing the military agreement and cooperation between these three nations. The Cold War era of secret diplomacy made it easy to give birth to a secretive military organization called Special Frontier Force. The Government of India, and Tibetan Government-in-Exile have administered the oaths of secrecy to all of their participating members of Special Frontier Force. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency provided the necessary military instructors to train the personnel in the use of U.S. military equipment and stores. The U.S. Congress made the budgetary provision to provide the funds to this organization which primarily uses U.S. military equipment. However, the Officers and the men who serve in this military establishment are not mercenaries who may join battle to provide some benefit to a foreign government or Agency. The men and the Unit are motivated to perform their duties to defend their rights and their own territory. United States participates in the operational activities of Special Frontier Force to collect intelligence about Communist China’s military preparedness. This organization participated in a difficult military operation called Operation Eagle and had initiated the Liberation of Bangladesh in the Chittagong Hill Tracts during 1971. I had witnessed the loss of the lives of some young Tibetan soldiers during this battle. Since I had a spiritual relationship with the men of my Unit, I was not a simple witness to the fact of their death. Without any recognizable sense perception, my consciousness has given home to the Tibetan Spirits. At that time, I had no particular mental awareness of this fact. We had returned to India during January 1972 on completion of our Bangladesh operations. We had returned with a sense of pride for our successful execution of the military campaign. I had served in Special Frontier Force until December 1974 and had lost contact with the men of my Unit. The events of 1971-72 got buried in my memory. In January 1984, I left India with my family to begin our lives away from the country of our origin. In practical terms, I began my life as an exile and I had no direct contact with my Indian relatives or Tibetan exiles who continue to live in India.

THE JOY OF EMPTINESS – THE DISCOVERY OF THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS :

SPIRITUALISM – THE JOY IN EMPTINESS – THE DISCOVERY OF THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: His Holiness The Dalai Lama visited Ann Arbor, Michigan during April 2008 and had explained the concept of finding “JOY” by simply emptying the Mind.

I had arrived in Ann Arbor, Michigan with my family during July 1986 and started leading a life of voluntary simplicity. I had maintained very minimal indirect contacts with my relatives who live in India. Apart from the fact of physical separation, there is mental separation from all the events and experiences that had shaped my life in India before I left the country. While I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it came as a big surprise to me when His Holiness The Dalai Lama visited Ann Arbor to speak at a function organized by The University of Michigan. He had explained the concept of finding “JOY” in Emptiness or the emptying of the mind in which the mind has been emptied of all particular objects and images. Emptiness is created by casting aside the attachment to everyday things and worries. While I practiced the emptying of my mind, I have recognized that I cannot remove the desire for Freedom in the Land of Tibet. On careful introspection, I have discovered that this desire is attached to The Living Tibetan Spirits who inhabit my consciousness. I have no personal attachment to the Land of Tibet. I have no personal attachment to the Tibetan Identity. I have no personal attachment to Tibetan Culture. I have no personal attachment to Tibetan Buddhism. I believe in God as the Creator of man, this world, and the universe. But, I find myself attached to this desire that seeks Freedom in the Land of Tibet. I can remove all my desires and break my attachment to impermanent things or thoughts. This desire for Tibetan Freedom is not a thought that I have imagined in my mind. This concern for Tibetan Freedom is the evidence for the existence of The Living Tibetan Spirits in my consciousness. There are two aspects of consciousness that are registered by a living individual; 1. Consciousness is a state of knowing or awareness of what goes on around an individual, and 2. Consciousness is a state of knowing or awareness of what goes on within the individual. In my Consciousness, there is the existence of Freedom in Tibet. In the world that I am conscious and aware of today, there is no Freedom in Tibet. So, I have decided to fight the sense of fear and darkness that has enveloped my mind and tell the people around that I demand Freedom in Tibet. I want to give a sense of “JOY” to The Living Tibetan Spirits. I want to share these photo images that have captured the moments of pride and victory in War. These photo images were illegally obtained by the Enemy. This Enemy Agent who took these photo images had killed himself for his act of betrayal; for he had worked for the Enemy. However, The Living Tibetan Spirits recognize a moment of glory in their sacrifice. They were not alive on June 03, 1972 and could not personally witness the event shown in these photo images. The Living Tibetan Spirits can easily identify all the objects shown in these images and are pleased by viewing these images. The Enemy had unintentionally served a purpose while he engaged in acts of espionage. I am not surprised and we as an organization have always accepted the challenge and are willing to meet the Enemy on the battlefield.

SPIRITUALISM-THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: His Holiness The Dalai Lama visited my Unit on June 03, 1972, to conduct a Worship Service at a local Buddhist Temple known as Gompa or Gonpa. It is a military tradition to present a Guard of Honor to a visiting dignitary; His Holiness is a dignitary who represented the Tibet as its Spiritual and Temporal Leader. The Commander of Special Frontier Force at that time was Major General Sujan Singh Uban, AVSM. As a simple security precaution, photography was prohibited at this event and the Enemy agent who came dressed as a Buddhist monk had later killed himself when his act got discovered.

SPIRITUALISM-THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS : This photo image was illegally captured by a spy who worked for Communist China’s Intelligence Service. China spies upon His Holiness Dalai Lama all the time and watches all of his movements. He is seen in this photo while delivering a spiritual message on June 03, 1972 in the presence of Major General Sujan Singh Uban, AVSM, the Inspector General of Special Frontier Force. The Enemy agent felt remorse for his own behavior and had killed himself.

SPIRITUALISM – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS – OLD FLAMES NEVER DIE : The butter lamps lit in my Unit Gompa or Gonpa to pay tribute to the departed souls, the people who gave their precious lives to defend the Freedom of people.

SPIRITUALISM-THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS: BEWARE OF COMMUNIST CHINA’S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE: In this photo taken on September 28, 2012 at Dharamshala, India, His Holiness The Dalai Lama gestures as he jokingly asks an elderly Tibetan waiting among journalists if he is a cameraman. Fortunately, the man is not a Communist spy. But, I will not be surprised if a spy has actually taken this photo.

THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM IN TIBET :

Spiritualism-The Living Tibetan Spirits: FREEDOM IN TIBET: Freedom is a natural condition that is given by God. It is a gift and it is not a desire or craving. When the Freedom is taken away, the disturbance makes the man to search for Peace, Harmony, and Tranquility in his Living Condition. It is natural that Tibetans demand this Freedom in their occupied Land.

In conclusion, I suggest that without effort and struggle, there can be no real upward movement in our lives, or in the lives of people, or in the history of a Nation. The people of Tibet need to struggle to realize the hope of regaining their natural Freedom. The darkness of military occupation has enveloped the Land of Tibet. When the oppressor intends to be unjust, he would use any excuse and he will always find a pretext for his tyranny. It is useless for the innocent to try reasoning to get justice from a tyrant. Let us all join and work together to Fight the Battle of Right against Might.

I would like to invite all of my readers to visit my Facebook Page dedicated to ‘The Spirits of Special Frontier Force. I would request all of you to show your support to the Spirit of Tibetan Independence by clicking on I “LIKE” this Page box:

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Rudra N Rebbapragada,

Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

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3. http://Bhavanajagat.com/2011/05/10/A-Letter-to-The-Living-Tibetan-Spirits/

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SPIRITUALISM – DEATH AT THAPAR STADIUM SECUNDERABAD

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

SPIRITUALISM – DEATH AT THAPAR STADIUM, SECUNDERABAD:

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium Secunderabad: The decision to include Aerial Shell Fireworks Display during Corps Raising Day Celebrations of 1983 caused the unfortunate death of Havildar Rao of AOC Centre Music Band. This Fireworks Display did not include a plan for HAZARD MANAGEMENT and hence it failed to recognize the hazards, did not evaluate hazards and had not taken adequate action to control risks associated with Fireworks Display. The Fireworks Show did not plan or meet the criteria for a SAFE-ZONE.

Spiritualism-Death at Thapar Stadium Secunderabad. The main entrance of Thapar Stadium is on Wellington Road. AOC Farm is on Wellington Road. The Mortar Bomb that caused a fatal accident was launched from AOC Farm. The chief concern is about the size of the Mortar Bomb Shell used for Aerial Shell Fireworks Display during AOC Raising Day Celebration 1983.

Spiritualism and Death- A view of Thapar Stadium, AOC Centre Secunderabad where the Aerial Shell Fireworks Display during 1983 caused the death of Havildar Rao of AOC Centre Music Band. Havildar Rao of No. 2 Training Battalion was seated among the spectators and had come to watch the Fireworks Display.

Spiritualism and Death- Thapar Stadium is also called Army Ordnance Centre Cricket Ground, Secunderabad/Hyderabad where sporting events are conducted on a regular basis. We need a Memorial to pay tribute to Non-Commissioned Officer/Havildar. Rao of No. 2 Training Battalion, a member of AOC Centre Music Band who died during Aerial Shell Fireworks Display on AOC Raising Day Celebrations of 1983. We need to pay this memorial tribute in recognition of the error in the decision to conduct Fireworks without establishing a Safety-Zone.

I am reporting about an event that resulted in the death of Hav. (Havildar) Rao, a non-commissioned officer of Indian Army serving at No. 2 Training Battalion, Army Ordnance Corps Centre, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India at Thapar Stadium during April, 1983 where over 1, 500 people including army personnel, their wives, and children had gathered to celebrate Army Ordnance Corps( AOC ) Raising Day. I am writing about an unfortunate, tragic event that was witnessed by a multitude of spectators who came to Thapar Stadium to witness what they had hoped would be a spectacular Aerial Shell Fireworks display. I would like to briefly describe the history of Army Ordnance Corps( AOC ) and its Centre in the Cantonment Area of Secunderabad. I would also describe about the infantry weapon known as ‘Mortar’, and the Physics of Aerial Shell Fireworks and the Pyrotechnological principles involved in Fireworks. I would give a brief explanation of the medical aspects of this death event which may help us to understand death as a dying process. It is important to understand as to why an innocent spectator got killed at Thapar Stadium. We may bury our dead but we must never, ever bury our mistakes. Spiritualism seeks the establishment of Peace, Harmony, and Tranquility in the lives of human beings. There will be no Peace until we recognize and admit our errors of judgment that initiate our wrongful actions that disrupt Peace, Harmony, and Tranquility.

ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS OF INDIAN ARMY:

Spiritualism and Death at Army Ordnance Corps Centre, Secunderabad during Corps Raising Day Celebrations of 1983. The Flag of Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Its Motto:”SHASTRA SE SHAKTI”. To project Military Might and Power, we need Weapons and Ammunition.

The AOC has a chequered history since the year 1775 when the Board of Ordnance was formed under the British Empire in India in the then Bengal Presidency. On April 01, 1884 The Ordnance Commissariat Department or the Ordnance Department in India came into existence. In 1922 the Indian AOC came into being. India won its Independence on August 15, 1947 and in 1950 India became a Republic. The Indian AOC was re-designated as the AOC which could be described as the material manager of the Indian Army. The Corps motto is: “SHASTRA SE SHAKTI” which describes the purpose of AOC as that of shaping the Army’s ‘Punch’. AOC provides and supplies the munitions required for war. Its inventory includes a diverse range of equipment, armaments, ammunition, explosives, clothing, and tentage. One of the major responsibilities of the Corps is the management of ammunition safety; security of ammunition, and repairs and disposal of unserviceable ammunition. The AOC CENTRE at Trimulgherry or Tirumala Giri, Secunderabad Cantonment was established in June 1953.

Headquarters Army Ordnance Corps Centre Secunderabad. During 1983, Brigadier AM Bhattacharya was its Commandant, the first Commandant of AOC Centre who held the rank of Brigadier.

AOC Centre Secunderabad is a huge training establishment that imparts training to various personnel who belong to or recruited to join Indian Army to serve in Army Ordnance Corps.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: Shakti Motivational Hall AOC Centre Secunderabad. Shakti means Power. We need to learn the use of Power with a sesne of Respect. To use Power with a sense of Respect, we have to learn about the Science that operates the Weapons and Ammunition that we use to display Power.

Thapar Stadium at AOC Centre is also known as Army Ordnance Centre Cricket Ground, Secunderabad/Hyderabad. During 1965-66 the first Ranji Trophy Cricket Match between Hyderabad and Mysore( now Karnataka ) was played here. Later, a second Ranji Trophy Cricket Match was played in 1992-93 between Hyderabad and Kerala. Thapar Stadium has hosted several First-Class Cricket Matches and has been the venue for several other sporting events.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: Lieutenant General T A D’ Cunha, Director General of Ordnance Services is seen in this photo image taken during AOC 8th Reunion Celebration at AOC Centre Secunderabad. The decision to include Aerial Shell Fireworks Display during Corps Raising Day Celebrations of 1983 was not a decision made by Brigadier A M Bhattacharya, Commandant AOC Centre Secunderabad for the Centre had no weapons and ammunition and had no personnel trained in Pyrotechnical Displays.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: This is a photo image from 228th Corps Day Celebration at AOC Centre Secunderabad. The venue is the ‘Open Air Theater of AOC Centre.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: This is a photo image taken at 235th Raising Day Celebrations at AOC Centre Secunderabad.

AOC celebrates Corps Day every year and the Corps Raising Day is celebrated once every five years. Hav. Rao of No. 2 Training Battalion during 1983 was the leading member of AOC Music Band that performs at various AOC official functions both at the Centre and at various locations of AOC across the country. He was married, and his family lived with him at the Centre. His musical talent and artistic performances were liked and appreciated and he was also liked for his pleasant bearing, and amiable nature. I would like to add that he was in perfect health when this totally unexpected event prematurely ended his life.

THE SCIENCE OF PYROTECHNICS :

Aerial Shell Fireworks-Death at Thapar Stadium-There are applications of Physics to create the myriad effects of Fireworks. The size of the Shell is related to the size of Shell burst that produces the display.

Fireworks are devices that use explosive, flammable/combustible chemical materials to create spectacular displays of light, noise, and smoke. Pyrotechnics is the art and technology of making and using fireworks. We need to understand the Science behind the spectacle of an entertaining fireworks show.The art of fireworks display dates back to ancient China. In India, traditional festivals like ‘Deepavali’ or ‘Diwali’ include the use of decorative fireworks such as rockets, fountains, sparklers and Roman candles. The celebrations of Victory and Peace like the Fourth of July celebration in the United States, New Year Day celebrations and the firework shows at sporting events are inventions of this century and they speak of the immense popularity of entertaining people with fireworks show. Fireworks makers fill the night sky with myriad effects in displays that are popular all over the world. Aerial fireworks developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles.

Aerial Shell Fireworks-Death at Thapar Stadium. The distance traveled by the Projectile and its initial velocity is important. There should be a safety barrier between the spectators and the site where the Projectile may fall to the ground if it does not explode in the sky. The angle of the trajectory is important. Army Ordnance Directorate, New Delhi during 1983 had failed to recognize the requirement of a safe-zone.

Until late 18th century, fireworks lacked the essential characteristic of color. For producing color, we need specific emitters of colored light. Chlorate an invention of the late 18th century and an industrial product of the early 19th century gave the ability to add colors to the fireworks. With the addition of various metallic salts to Potassium Chlorate brilliant colors could be produced. Chemical compounds such as Potassium Chlorate, Potassium Nitrate, and Potassium Perchlorate contain the Oxygen necessary for combustion of the pyrotechnic mixture. The nitrate, carbonate, or sulfate salts of Strontium produce red color; Copper salts produce blue color; Barium salts produce bright green color; and Sodium salts produce yellow flash. Magnesium and Aluminum powder add extra brilliant sparks and flash. The colors, fiery flashes, and star-burst effects of Aerial Fireworks come from ‘stars’, small pellets of firework composition which contain all the necessary ingredients for generating colored light or other special effects like creating images and letters in the air.

Aerial Fireworks Display-Death at Thapar Stadium-The addition of Color is important to create splendid Fireworks Display. Brilliant colors are produced by addition of chemical compounds. For the Color, we need specific emitters of Colored Light. This Chromacity diagram shows some Emission Bands.

Aerial Shell Fireworks-Death at Thapar Stadium-The addition of Copper salts produces brilliant Blue Color.

Aerial Fireworks Display-Death at Thapar Stadium-Aerial Fireworks Display when properly planned and executed would provide great visual entertainment.

MILITARY SCIENCE – MORTARS :

Mortar Infantry Weapon-Death at Thapar Stadium: The use of Mortars as Infantry Weapon has increased during World War II during Open Warfare. The image shows the use of 60 mm Mortar by U.S. Army in Afghanistan.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: Shell is a payload-carrying Projectile which contains an explosive or other filling. This Photo image shows Mortar Bombs with High Explosive material. This photo image of Mortar Shells or Projectiles helps the readers to know the size, and shape of the type of heavy, Shell that was used in the conduct of Aerial Shell Fireworks Display at Thapar Stadium during 1983 Corps Raising Day Celebrations.

Spiritualism and Death at Thapar Stadium: To use Power or Shakti we must learn about the Weapon and Ammunition that we use. This image depicts the various component parts of a Mortar Bomb or Projectile.

Mortars could be simply called as a small cannon. Mortars are gun like weapons that were first developed for the close support of infantry and therefore classed as infantry weapons. Mortar is a short-range weapon with smooth bore, short barrel, low muzzle velocity, and it fires heavy shells or projectiles with high-arched trajectory. Shell is a payload-carrying projectile which contains an explosive or other filling. Mortars have a role as an adjunct to artillery. It consists principally of a steel tube and supporting bipods and a base plate. During the trench warfare of World War I greatly improved mortars came into use. Mortars as infantry weapons were employed extensively by all countries in a variety of calibres during open warfare of World War II. Small, portable mortars became standard 20th- century infantry weapons, especially for trench or mountain warfare. In mountain and jungle country, the high-angle, or high-arched trajectory fire enables infantry to reach targets inaccessible to other supporting weapons. Mortars because of their light weight and inconspicuousness could be brought into action quickly in difficult terrain to engage military targets that cannot be hit by direct, and observed fire. Modern mortars provide more mobile and less vulnerable weapons than field artillery or howitzers. Mortars are inexpensive to manufacture, simple to operate, and robust and easy to maintain. Medium mortars with a calibre of 70-90 millimetres( about 3-4 inches ), a range up to 4, 000 metres, and a bomb weight of up to 5 Kg are favored. The fin-stabilized projectiles fired from mortars have arrow-like stability. These projectiles are designed to encounter less air resistance and thus retain more of their velocity in flight.

PHYSICS OF AERIAL SHELL FIREWORKS :

Aerial Shell Fireworks Display-Death at Thapar Stadium: This photo image shows the preparation of Fireworks Mortar Tubes. There is a relationship between the size of the Shell, the Length of the Mortar Tube, the Initial Velocity and the Distance traveled by the Shell. We can predict as to where the Shell may land and calculate the Risk involved to Spectators watching the Show.

The Science of Pyrotechnics involves many Physics applications that must be considered to produce dazzling displays. Aerial Shells contain the chemicals that when ignited produce the brilliant flash of colored light. These Shells are loaded into mortars and are fired into the sky. The size of the Shell is important and six-inch Shells are used at small shows. Shells usually travel about 100 feet vertically for every inch they are in diameter depending on the angle they are fired from. There is a relationship between the initial velocities and the distances traveled by the Shells. Six inch Shell has the initial velocity of 203.5 feet/second. Fireworks are launched from rows of steel tubes(mortars) secured in troughs of sand. The tubes or mortars are three times as long as the Firework Shells but have the same diameter. The Shell fits smugly into its ‘Launch’ tube to allow the pressure created by the ‘Lift Charge’ to launch it into air. There is a ‘Bursting Charge’, a firecracker charge at the center of the Shell. ‘Fuse’ provides a time delay to allow the Shell to explode at the right altitude. When the ‘Lift Charge’ fires to launch the Shell, it ignites the Shells’ ‘Fuse’. The Shell’s Fuse burns while the Shell rises to its correct altitude, and then it lights the ‘Bursting Charge’ making the Shell to explode. Understanding of these basic principles of Physics will help to formulate a policy of Hazard Management for Aerial Shell Fireworks displays.

HAZARD MANAGEMENT FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS:

It involves, 1. Recognition of hazards, 2. Evaluation of risks, and 3. Control of risks.

I. Hazards associated with Lift or Propelling Charge:-

1. Premature Ignition or Ignition Problem.

2. Delayed Ignition or “Hangfire.”

3. Ignition Failure or “Misfire.”

II. Functioning Problems:-

1. Explosion within the Mortar tube; a. Mild explosion, b. Powerful explosion or Shell detonation.

2. Explosion just above the Mortar tube.

3. Delayed Explosion.

4. Failure to Explode – Shell or Shell components fall to ground; ignited or unignited; Shell, or burning debris reaches ground.

These hazards have to be recognized for proper planning of Fireworks Displays. If there is no protective barrier like a lake or waterfront, the size and the make of the Aerial Shell used for the display would be of critical importance. For Fireworks Display at Thapar Stadium, the Shell size must not exceed six inches, and Shells with metal casing would pose serious risks to the spectators if the unexploded Shell reaches ground.

AOC RAISING DAY CELEBRATION DURING 1983 AT THAPAR STADIUM :

AOC Raising Day Celebration at AOC Centre, Secunderabad takes place over several days and it includes a variety of events such as a Ceremonial Parade, ‘Sainik Sammelan’( a ceremonial gathering of all Unit personnel in Uniform to hear and discuss about Regimental issues and concerns about general welfare ), ‘Bara Khana’( a feast in which all ranks participate in Uniform ) and a Live Entertainment Show. For the Celebration during 1983, the Ordnance Directorate at New Delhi had decided the addition of an Aerial Shell Fireworks Display at Thapar Stadium where all ranks with their families could be entertained. However, AOC Centre Secunderabad had no ammunition, or mortar tubes, or personnel trained in Pyrotechnics. A trained team headed by a Junior Commissioned Officer, along with the necessary equipment was dispatched to Secunderabad on Temporary Duty to organize the Fireworks Display at Thapar Stadium. The Pyrotechnic Team that had arrived in Secunderabad made no attempt to discuss the issue of Hazard Management with the Regimental Medical Officer. Apparently, a decision was made by the Ordnance Directorate not to directly involve AOC Centre Secunderabad in the conduct of the Aerial Shell Fireworks Display. There was no malicious intent. The Show was intended to amuse people and organizing a rehearsal of the event would spoil the sense of fun in watching the Show. The Team had arrived with ammunition and equipment that was tested at a different location and did not conduct further testing at Secunderabad prior to the actual Show.

After spectators got seated at Thapar Stadium, the lights were turned off, and the night sky was clear and dark for an ideal display of Aerial Fireworks. The mortar tubes were positioned on AOC Farm located just outside the boundary of Thapar Stadium. The very first Mortar Bomb Shell that was fired got launched into the air, had reached its right altitude, and had failed to explode. The Shell had experienced a Functioning Problem and the unexploded Shell rapidly descended vertically, towards the ground with its tip pointing downwards, where people were seated. The crowd of spectators were absolutely stunned and were speechless when this unexpected event hit them like a bolt from the sky. The Shell found its victim and Havildar Rao was that unsuspecting victim. I was among the spectators in a section designated for the Officers of the AOC Centre. I simply dashed towards the bleachers, the site of mishap, and found Hav. Rao within an instant after he was hit. He had recognized me as he was fully conscious. I found the Mortar Bomb standing right on top of his head with its tail fin pointing upwards. He had no words to speak, and he was not in pain. I could clearly see the sense of mortal fear expressed on his face. This sense of fear had an overwhelming force of its own and it would not let the person experience the sensation called Pain. All his vital signs were normal, and he was able to stand on his own. The Shell had penetrated his skull bone and remained very firmly seated in the head. There was no external bleeding from the head injury. I must frankly admit that I was shocked beyond all belief to find the type of Mortar Bomb that got planted into his head. It was eight inches long and had a heavy metal casing. I was not really expecting that the Shell would be that long and heavy and might have metal casing instead of cardboard. However, at that moment, my first concern was that of assuring Hav. Rao and to take him to the Military Hospital for immediate management of his head injury. The unexploded Mortar Bomb posed a great risk to him and all others and it was my urgent priority to safely dislodge this Bomb from his skull before it explodes. Rules of Safety demand that unexploded ammunition such as Bombs should not be directly touched or handled as such handling would cause them to explode. I assisted Hav. Rao to move and found the staff car of Brigadier A M Bhattacharya, Commandant of AOC Centre that was parked inside the Stadium. I helped Hav. Rao to get into the backseat of this staff car as it would be better to transport him in a sitting position without disturbing the Bomb. Within a few minutes, we had reached the Military Hospital on Gough Road, a short distance from the AOC Centre campus. As he stepped out of the car to enter the Hospital Medical Inspection Room, he had to pause for he had a bout of vomiting. It was a danger signal, a symptom of raising intracranial pressure due to head injury. The Duty Medical Officer and his staff lost no time and we had initiated the medical treatment to reduce the raising intracranial pressure. Lieutenant Colonel A K Gupta, the Senior Surgical Specialist of the Hospital had soon arrived on the scene. At that time, Hav. Rao was still fully conscious, breathing on his own, and his blood pressure showed a response by getting elevated as a result of the raising intracranial pressure. Surgeon A K Gupta had immediately taken him to the Operation Theater and his first priority was to safely remove the Bomb which penetrated his skull and then to attempt a surgical decompression by removing the collection of blood inside the skull that was compressing the brain matter. The Surgeon could safely remove the Bomb and could not proceed any further as a fatal complication called brain herniation began to manifest. It was a very rapid, and fast-moving course of medical condition during which the patient loses cardiac and respiratory functions associated with signs of deep coma or loss of consciousness. Apart from the loss of heart and lung functions, there was loss of all brainstem functions at which point the fact of the clinical onset of brain death was made. From the Military Hospital, I had proceeded to the residence of Lieutenant Colonel R S Johar, the Commanding Officer of No. 2 Training Battalion. He and other Officers were anxiously awaiting to learn about the outcome of this tragic event. Later, a Court of Inquiry was instituted as required by Army Regulations to officially inquire about this accident and the death of Hav. Rao. The Court was satisfied that the death was due to an accident and did not blame any individual for causing or contributing to this accident.

THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SEVERE HEAD INJURY :

Aerial Fireworks Display and Death at Thapar Stadium: The complications of head injury or trauma are brain edema or swelling and brain herniation when brain tissue gets displaced from its usual position within the cranial cavity. Six types of brain herniation can occur:1. Uncal herniation, 2. Central or Transtentorial herniation, 3. Cingulate or Subfalcine herniation, 4. Transcalvarial or Infratentorial herniation, 5. Upward Cerebellar or Upward Transtentorial herniation, and 6. Tonsillar or downward Cerebellar herniation. The compression of Brainstem causes Brain Death due to Cardiac and Pulmonary Arrest.

A serious and potentially fatal consequence of head injury is that of brain edema and brain herniation. Brain is enclosed in a non-expandable case, the skull or the cranium. Head trauma causes increased permeability of the endothelial cells, the cells that line the walls of the small blood vessels and capillaries that supply blood to the brain tissue. The blood vessels can also rupture as a direct consequence of the trauma. This leads to loss of blood or fluid from the capillaries and blood vessels which collects and accumulates in the surrounding brain tissue. This vasogenic brain edema or swelling leads to an increased intracranial pressure. The leaked blood collects as a swelling called hematoma which exerts pressure on brain tissue. The cranial or skull cavity is divided by dural septa or partitions into several compartments. A mass lesion like hematoma, or brain edema causes a pressure gradient between the compartments of the cranial cavity. The term brain herniation describes the displacement that occurs when cerebral tissue, cerebrospinal fluid and blood vessels are moved or pressed and pushed outside of their usual positions within the brain compartments. The pressure gradient causes the movement of brain tissue and the tissue gets pushed through openings in the covering of brain called dura mater or through openings in the skull like the foramen magnum. Herniation causes damage by direct compression of brain tissue and of blood vessels that supply brain. Compression of brainstem affects the vital respiratory and circulatory centers that operate the functions of Lungs and Heart. The loss of functions of brainstem causes 1. coma or deep unconsciousness, 2. cardiac and respiratory arrest, absence of heart beat, and spontaneous breathing, and 3. absence of brainstem reflexes like blinking of eyes, pupils not responding or reacting to light( remain dilated and not constricting to light) and the absence of ‘gagging reflex’.

SPIRITUALISM AND DEATH AT THAPAR STADIUM :

I am reporting this unfortunate event in due recognition of the failure of Hazard Management for that fateful Aerial Shell Fireworks Display held during 1983. We had not recognized the risks and we had not evaluated the risks and hence we had no ability to control the risks. To acknowledge the fact that we had learned a lesson, we must erect a suitable Memorial to pay homage to our Fallen Soldier and pay tribute to Hav. Rao of AOC Centre Music Band.

“ARMY COVERED UP HAVILDAR’S DEATH” – NEWS STORY IN DECCAN CHRONICLE :

Jatinder Kaur Tur of Deccan Chronicle published a news item on August 29, 2012 giving some details of this incident involving the death of Havildar Rao and commented about Army’s inability to report its mistake. In a Letter to the Editor, Deccan Chronicle reader, Colonel Prasad had commented on September 01 and claimed that, “All accidents are investigated by Courts of Inquiry and action is taken.” It is indeed true and as I mentioned in this blog post, a Court of Inquiry presided by Lieutenant Colonel R S Johar of No. 2 Training Battalion, AOC Centre, Secunderabad had given its findings and the same were approved without blaming any person or entity for contributing to this accidental death.

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,

Ex- No. MR- 03277K. Rank. Major . AMC/DPC

Senior Regimental Medical Officer ( 1978-84 ),

AOC CENTRE, TRIMULGHERRY, SECUNDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Biographical Information:

1. Place of Birth: Mylapore, Madras City, Chenna Patnam, Chennai, Madras State, Tamil Nadu, India. Born Hindu(Brahmin, Niyogi, Smartha), Telugu-Speaking.

2. Date and Place of Marriage: January 29, 1973, Town Congregational Church, Cuddapah, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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SPIRITUALISM – THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

SPIRITUALISM – OPERATION EAGLE - THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD :

GOLDEN EAGLE-OPERATION EAGLE-SPIRITUALISM-THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD: THE SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE MEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION EAGLE IS NOT DEAD. THE SPIRITS LIVE IN MY CONSCIOUSNESS.

The term ‘Spiritual’ describes the nature of a relationship, a partnership, an association, a connection, or bonding between two or more living entities based upon thoughts or feelings of sympathy and understanding. When I had participated in the military action called ‘Operation Eagle’ that initiated the Liberation of Bangladesh in the Chittagong Hill Tracts during 1971, I had formulated a spiritual relationship with the men of my Unit. I have described ‘Spiritualism’ as the relation between a changing object and its unchanging spiritual nature. Operation Eagle is a past event but because of the unchanging nature of the spiritual relationship, I have to claim: “The past is never dead and it’s not even past.”( Nobel Laureate William Faulkner )

I am happy to speak about the kind support extended by Dr. B. V. Ramarao, PhD, IRSE(Retd) to seek recognition for my participation in Operation Eagle and I am happy to publish this letter he had submitted to Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju, Honourable Union Minister of State for Defence, Raksha Rajya Mantri, Government of India:

DR. MALLIPUDI MANGAPATHI PALLAM RAJU, UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, RAKSHA RAJYA MANTRI, 108-B, SOUTH BLOCK, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI: OPERATION EAGLE – THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD.

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – OPERATION EAGLE -GALLANTRY AWARD:

RESPECTED Dr. M M PALLAM RAJU garu,

I had written to you in the past about the need to suitably honour
Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, of Army Medical Corps, who did
exemplary work beyond the call of duty in the Bangla Desh War in
1971, called OPERATION EAGLE, directly handled at that time by
late Prime Minister, Smt. INDIRA GANDHI.

PETITION REFERENCE: case: CABST/E/2012/00154

A brief summary is as follows:

1. Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, had served in the Special Frontier Force from 22nd September 1971 to 18th December 1974. He was posted to Headquarters Establishment Number. 22 C/O 56 APO as Medical Officer. He served under the Command of Brigadier T S Oberoi. Under a Battle Operation Plan called Operation Eagle sanctioned and approved by the Prime Minister of India and her Cabinet Secretariat, he was posted to the South Column Unit of Operation Eagle under the Command of Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan.

2. During 1971, Operation Eagle initiated the Liberation of Bangladesh with military action in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In a written statement, his South Column Unit Commander Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan had stated that this doctor had displayed a great sense of devotion to duty, maturity, physical toughness, and bravery beyond call of duty during Operation Eagle for which he had recommended the doctor for a gallantry award. In his Annual Confidential Report(Officers) for the year 1971-72, Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan had written: “A very conscientious and Tough MO who worked hard during the Bangladesh Ops. He did very well and showed Maturity, which was beyond the call of duty. I have recommended this Officer for a gallantry award for which he deserves eminently. He is physically tough and cheerful. Is a fresh entrant with less than 2 years of Service and yet he displayed capability and confidence.” This written Annual Confidential Report(Officers) was forwarded by the Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force to Military Secretary’s Branch(Army), MS 4(CR), MoD on 13th May 1972.

3. The citation for gallantry award initiated by Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan was duly reviewed and recommended by Brigadier T S Oberoi and Major General Sujan Singh Uban, Inspector General, Special Frontier Force. This citation recommending the gallantry award was sent to the Medical Directorate, Medical Branch, Adjutant General’s Branch, Army Headquarters. The Director of Medical Services(Army), MoD did not take any further action to obtain the sanction for the recommended award. It is not known as to why the Director of Medical Services(Army) has not forwarded the citation to the Military Secretary’s Branch(Army) MoD. As such it seems that the Medical Branch had blocked or prevented the sanction of gallantry award.

4. In a written testimonial given by Lieutenant General T S Oberoi PVSM VrC, General Officer in Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Southern Command, Pune – 411001, dated 14th February 1983, General Oberoi had stated that this doctor deserves befitting recognition for the Service he had rendered to the Nation during the time of a national crisis. The Southern Army Commander had categorically stated that the doctor was recommended for a gallantry award for display of gallant qualities in the face of the enemy.

5. The Prime Minister of India and her Cabinet Secretariat have established the eligibility criteria for grant of Service Medals, Decorations, and Awards to the participants of Operation Eagle 1971-72. This doctor is eligible to receive the gallantry award that was duly recommended by his South Column Unit Commander Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan, and it was duly reviewed and recommended by Force Commander Brigadier T S Oberoi and approved by Major General Sujan Singh Uban, Inspector General Special Frontier Force.

6. To serve the purpose of Justice and Fairness, I would ask that this doctor should be given the gallantry award that was duly recommended following the rules and procedures established by the Prime Minister of India for her Battle Plan of Operation Eagle.

7. Particulars of the above Officer are as follows:

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,
Ex- Number. MS-8466 Rank Lieutenant/Captain AMC/SSC,
Medical Officer, South Column, Operation Eagle(1971-72),
Ex- Number. MR-03277K Rank Captain/Major AMC/DPC
Medical Officer, Headquarters Establishment No. 22 C/O 56 APO(1971-74),
Directorate General of Security,
Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force,
East Block V, Level IV, R. K. Puram,
New Delhi – 110 022
http://bhavanajagat.com/

Thanking You,

(Sd. BVRR)

Yours Faithfully,

B V Ramarao, PhD, IRSE (Retd.),
Retired GM (Railways),
10, Prince Apartments, Balaji Nagar,
VISAKHAPATNAM – 530 003
Tel. (0891) 2755691,
eMail: rbodapati
Dated 29 June 2012

Biographical Information:

R. Rudra Narasimham, Son of Shri. R. Suryanarayana Murthy, 13-92, First Cross Road, Prakasam Nagar, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Student of Danavaipeta Municipal/Corporation High School, Rajahmundry( S. S. L. C. - MARCH/APRIL, 1961.

1. Place of Birth: Mylapore, Madras City, Chenna Patnam, Chennai, Madras State, Tamil Nadu, India. Born Hindu(Brahmin, Niyogi, Smartha), Telugu-Speaking.

2. Date and Place of Marriage: January 29, 1973. Town Congregational Church, Cuddapah, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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OPERATION EAGLE – HONOURS AND AWARDS REPRESENTATION

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – OPERATION EAGLE – HONOURS AND AWARDS REPRESENTATION :

OPERATION EAGLE IS THE NAME OF BATTLE PLAN APPROVED AND SANCTIONED BY PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI TO INITIATE LIBERATION OF BANGLADESH WITH MILITARY ACTION IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS.

Operation Eagle initiated the Liberation of Bangladesh with Military Action in Chittagong Hill Tracts. Major General(Honorary)Shri. Sujan Singh Uban, Inspector General Special Frontier Force was the Commander of this Operation in Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Operation Eagle-Honours and Awards Representation: The Congress Party Leader, the Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance(UPA), Ms. Sonia Gandhi, had received Bangladesh Freedom Honour Award-’SWADHINATA SAMMANONA’, on behalf of her mother-in-law,former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi in a function held in Dhaka on Monday, August 01, 2011. President Zillur Rahman of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina and Ms. Sonia Gandhi are seen in a photo image taken at President’ House-Bangabhaban. Captain(Retd) A B Tajul Islam, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs was present at this function. Captain Tajul Islam had participated in Operation Eagle.

OPERATION EAGLE – HONOURS AND AWARDS REPRESENTATION :

MS-8466 CAPTAIN R R NARASIMHAM AMC/SSC – OPERATION EAGLE-GALLANTRY AWARD- THE REPRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE RULES AND CONDITIONS THAT WERE USED BY INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER TO FORMULATE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO RECEIVE DUE RECOGNITION AND SANCTION OF MILITARY HONOURS AND AWARDS WITH OR WITHOUT ANY AFFILIATION TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OR INDIAN ARMY.

Shri. B V Ramarao, PhD, IRSE(Retd) of Visakhapatnam, India, on 25th October, 2011, sent a letter of representation to the Honourable Prime Minister of India and Honourable Raksha Mantri( Defence Minister) seeking the sanction of Gallantry Award of Vir Chakra that was recommended to Number. MS-8466, Rank. Lieutenant/Captain. R. R. Narasimham, AMC/SSC for his display of gallant action inside enemy territory while participating in Operation Eagle during 1971. Shri. B V Ramarao had received a response from Military Secretary’s Branch, New Delhi. The letter reads as follows:

This reply from Military Secretary’s Branch(Army) clearly reveals the unwillingness of Indian Army to find the citation that was initiated by Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan, the Commander of South Column Unit, Operation Eagle. The citation was duly reviewed and authenticated by Brigade Commander, Brigadier T S Oberoi and was duly approved by Force Commander Major General Sujan Singh Uban, Inspector General of Special Frontier Force as required by the rules and conditions established by the Prime Minister of India who had formulated the eligibility criteria for giving recognition and for granting Military Honours and Awards to the participants of Operation Eagle irrespective of an individual’s affiliation to the Ministry of Defence or Indian Army. Ministry of Defence and Indian Army had no role in this decision made by the Prime Minister of India and they have no vested authority or power to change the rules of Operation Eagle and the grant of Military Honours and Awards to the participants of Operation Eagle.

This letter sent from Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force to the Military Secretary’s Branch contains written evidence about the citation initiated by Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan, Commander South Column Unit, Operation Eagle.

Testimonial by Lieutenant General TS Oberoi, PVSM, VrC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Southern Command, Pune – 411 011:

Southern Army Commander General T S Oberoi had served as the Commandant of Headquarters Establishment Number.22 during Operation Eagle in the rank of Brigadier and was promoted to the rank of Major General and had served as the Inspector General of Special Frontier Force after the successful accomplishment of Operation Eagle 1971-72.

REMARKS OF EX- NUMBER MS-8466 LIEUTENANT/CAPTAIN R R NARASIMHAM, AMC/SSC, MEDICAL OFFICER, SOUTH COLUMN UNIT, OPERATION EAGLE :

The rules of eligibility for the grant of Military Honours and Awards for the participants of Operation Eagle were established by the then Prime Minister of India. The rules have not stated that the Honours and Awards are conferred within a specific period from the date of the act. The citation to confer the award of Vir Chakra was initiated by the South Column Unit and it was duly reviewed by Brigadier T S Oberoi, the Brigade Commander at the Force Headquarters, and Major General-Shri. Sujan Singh Uban, Inspector General Special Frontier Force, the Formation Commander and was submitted on time to the Medical Directorate, Medical Branch, Director of Medical Services(Army), Adjutant General’s Branch, Army HQ, MoD, New Delhi for appropriate further action. The Military Secretary’s Branch(Army) must demand the Medical Directorate(Army) to forward this citation for consideration of an award by the Army HQ Honours and Awards Committee. To receive this Gallantry Award, the Prime Minister of India had established specific rules and conditions and even Indian Civilian Officers including Shri. Sujan Singh Uban, Dr. Ramesh Chandra, the Senior Medical Officer, Shri. G B Velankar, Assistant Company Commander, S.F.F., and Shri. Tarachand Pande, Assistant Company Commander, S.F.F., who had participated in Operation Eagle had receive Military Honours and Awards. In my opinion, the rules of the game cannot be changed by Defence Minister/Defence Ministry or Indian Army HQ or the Military Secretary’s Branch(Army) MoD. The decision to grant Military Honours and Awards was made by the Prime Minister of India and the decision was communicated to all the participants of Operation Eagle in the formal official briefings held at the Force Headquarters prior to operational deployment in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The Government of India and the Prime Minister of India have the duty and responsibility to defend the sanctity of an official decision made by Srimati. Indira Gandhi in the discharge of her official duties.

Indira Gandhi is elected as the first female Prime Minister of India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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SPIRITUALISM – THE KEY TO HUMAN NATURE

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Bhavanajagat

THE THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE : “SARVESHAM SWASTIR BHAVATU”

The Vitruvian Man c. 1492. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci displays the Spirit of Scientific Inquiry about Human Nature.

What is Man? The motivation for asking this question comes from a statement expressed in Sanskrit language, “Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu” which seeks the well-being of all humans of all races, of all cultures, of all religions, and of all nations. Our efforts to support the well-being of man would be affected by our understanding the ‘real’, or ‘true’ nature of man. All human traditions including several philosophical and scientific traditions make assumptions about human nature. The basic assumption about human nature is that of finding it displayed in feelings, thoughts, moods, action, and behavior. I try to know human nature from the functional characteristics that are observable in biotic interactions of cells, tissues, and organs that constitute the human organism. If man is viewed as a multicellular organism, I need to discover the human nature of this subject who lives because of the functions of the cells, tissues, and organs that provide the structural basis of the human organism.

THE KEY TO HUMAN NATURE – EVOLUTION vs CREATION :

Charles Darwin’s great contributions to Biology: “The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle of Life”(1859), The Descent of Man(1871), The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals(1872).

Man’s evolution from ape-like ancestors is thought to be the key to our true human nature. Ethology or the scientific study of animal behavior is based on the Theory of Evolution. In order to explain human condition, ethological theories of human nature appeal to the evolutionary past of man.

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz( November 1903 to February 1989 ), Austrian Zoologist, founder of modern Ethology which involves scientific study of animal behavior by means of comparative zoological methods. He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology along with two other animal behaviorist.

Lorenz sees man as an animal who has evolved from other animals. He thinks that human behavior is subject to the same causal laws of nature as all animal behavior. Many patterns of animal behavior show “hereditary coordination” or “instinctive movements” that are innate rather than learned. The ‘instinctual’ behavior is fixed and may not be eliminated or altered by the environment. Instinct is inherited and it is essentially unlearned behavior. Some of the most important aspects of animal behavior are innate. Lorenz studied the nature of instinctive behavioral acts. The instinctual behavior is caused by a ‘drive’ which causes the behavior to appear spontaneously. The “four big-drives” are feeding, reproduction, flight, and aggression. Very often, behavior is activated by two or more basic drives. To account for an instinctive behavior pattern in a species, reference is made to its survival value it has for the genes for that behavior. To explain the existence of any particular organ or behavior pattern, Lorenz looks for its survival value for the species. In his book, “On Aggression” ( 1963 ), he explains the natural history of man’s aggressive behavior. He considers that man has an innate drive to aggressive behavior towards his own species like many other animals. Fighting and warlike behavior in man have an inborn basis. He seeks an evolutionary explanation for human innate aggressiveness or ‘Intra-Specific’ aggression which is concerned with fighting and threats between members of the same species. The most destructive aspect of human aggression is its communal nature and the fighting is not between individuals but between groups. Humans fight as groups and human beings are the only animals to indulge in mass slaughter of their own species. He explains that this innate aggressive behavior has evolved from the communal defense response of our pre-human ancestors. However, Lorenz made no scientific study of behavior displayed by apes. Among the members of Homo genus, man is the only surviving representative of the Homo sapiens species and hence it will not be easy to validate his conclusions about evolutionary origin of innate human aggressive behavior. If aggression is viewed as a hereditary behavior which is based upon its survival value for the genes for that behavior, it must be noted that all human ancestors had perished and have gone extinct and the behavior of aggression could not be of value in defending their survival as a species.

COMPASSION WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL AND BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS :

Compassion or sympathy( sym=together + pati=suffer ) describes the emotional feelings of sorrow for the sufferings or troubles of another person or others accompanied by an urge to help. Compassion describes an understanding arising from the sameness of emotional feeling. When man recognizes pain or sorrow in the lives of others, it spontaneously arouses the emotional feelings of compassion. This understanding and the emotional response to the pain and suffering in the lives of others appears to be instinctive. Apart from the “four big-drives”, compassion is operated by an innate drive or it is a motivated behavior. Compassion and altruism( any behavior that appears to favor another individual’s chances of survival ) is a response generated by human nature. Compassion acts like a physical force, power, or energy. It has the power to uplift man from physical pain and mental, or emotional pain or sorrow. The instinct of compassion comes into play and acts as a force, power, or energy when man experiences sorrow and reacts to the suffering or troubles of another man. I am also suggesting that the emotionally motivated behavior of compassion is found within individuals apart from between individuals. If my experience of pain or suffering does not elicit the emotional response of compassion from others, fortunately, I can derive the benefit of the uplifting power of compassion by simply knowing the source of compassion that exists within myself. When a person is enjoying a state of good health, we find that the cells, tissues, and organs of that human person are interacting with each other in a harmonious manner and these intraspecific biotic interactions display characteristics such as mutual assistance, mutual cooperation, mutual tolerance, and mutual functional subservience to provide a benefit to the human individual who lives because of the functions of these cells, tissues, and organs. The constituent parts of the human body interact with each other with a sense of devotion, sympathy, compassion, and understanding. We often try to find compassion in the actions performed by others in response to the pain, and suffering that we may experience. We describe compassion from the thoughts, emotional feelings, understanding, and sympathetic response that we witness in the behavior and action of others. I recognize compassion in the nature of the interactions between the cells, tissues, and organs of my body and consider that such compassion always operates to keep me the human person in good and positive health. I understand the reality of human existence and suggest that the existence is made possible because compassion is innate to human nature guiding the normal living functions both in health and sickness. I observe the operation of compassion in the wound healing mechanism that is described as ‘Inflammation and Repair’. The emotional feelings of compassion are important for the survival of man who exists to find emotional satisfaction from his living experience. The instinctive behavior of compassion supports the survival of man as it provides an emotional sense of satisfaction and contentment which contributes to the experience of joy and happiness in life.

COMPASSION IS THE KEY TO HUMAN NATURE :

The Key to Human Nature could be discovered by knowing the Cell Structure and Functions. If hereditary behavior is operated by information present in genes, it must be noted that the genes have no independent existence of their own. The nucleus and the genes perform their cellular functions deriving energy from the cytoplasm or protoplasm of the cell. The biological properties, characteristics, and the biological nature of the living substance or protoplasm could account for the instinctive behavior pattern of compassion.

The biological properties, characteristics, and the biological nature of the living substance or protoplasm could account for an instinctive behavior pattern like compassion. Biological functions and characteristics such as nutrition, recognition, awareness, responsiveness, and communication with other living cells have not evolved because of their survival value for the species. At a fundamental level, certain living characteristics or nature is innate or implanted in matter at the beginning of life. The nature called compassion is implanted or innate to the living substance or matter known as protoplasm.

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM :

On June 03, 1972, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama had visited Headquarters Establishment Number.22, C/O 56 APO to inspect the Tibetan soldiers who serve in the multinational military organization called Special Frontier Force. I had served as the Medical Officer at this military Establishment and my duties required the verification of mental, and physical preparedness of all the men.

While I had served in a multinational defense organization called ‘Special Frontier Force as its Medical Officer, I had a direct opportunity to study and observe the interaction of human aggression and human spirit of compassion. Human aggression as displayed by the Tibetan soldiers of this military Establishment is in response to a stimulus from the external environment to which they have been exposed. The brutal, military occupation of the Land of Tibet by People’s Liberation Army of Communist China has provided the environmental stimulus and has influenced the external behavior and action of these Tibetan men who have volunteered to fight China’s act of military aggression. Since, as a Medical Officer, I have a spiritual relationship with these Tibetan soldiers of my Unit, I can easily recognize their true spiritual nature that seeks Peace, Harmony, and Tranquility both within the person and with others present in the external environment. The human spirit seeks Freedom and it resists military occupation and repression. I could easily recognize the Spirit that makes man to use aggression to defeat the purpose of an enemy who has compromised the desire and the quest for Freedom. I would like to invite all of my readers to visit my Facebook Page and show their support to ‘The Spirits of Special Frontier Force.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spirits-of-Special-Frontier-Force/362056613878227

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,

Service Information:

Personal Number: MS-8466/MR-03277K; Rank: Lieutenant/Captain/Major;

Branch: Army Medical Corps/Short Service Commission(1969-1972)/Direct Permanent Commission(1973-1984);

Designation: Medical Officer( September 22, 1971 to December 18, 1974 );

Unit: Headquarters Establishment Number. 22, C/O 56 APO;

Organization: Special Frontier Force.

Biographical Information:

1. Place of Birth : Mylapore, Madras City, Chenna Patnam, Chennai, Madras State, Tamil Nadu, India. Born Hindu(Brahmin-Niyogi-Smartha), Telugu-Speaking.

2. Date and Place of Marriage : January 29, 1973, Congregational Town Church, Cuddapah, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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TIBETAN CONSCIOUSNESS – TIBETAN RESISTANCE – THE LIVING TIBETAN SPIRITS

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Bhavanajagat

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TIBETAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND TIBETAN RESISTANCE :

Dr. Lobsang Sangay had assumed the Office of the Chief on the Tibetan Exile Cabinet on August 08, 2011. On his maiden visit to United States, he spoke to the press on Wednesday, November 02, at the National Press Club. He had urged the Obama administration to take a stronger stance of Tibet as China’s repressive policy is pushing Tibetans to desperation.

I am not surprised to read that Tibetans are expressing their sense of resentment and frustration by acts of self-immolation. I grew up in India and I am proud to be an Indian because of the Courage displayed by Rani Padmini of Chittorgarh while she had confronted her enemy. She had preserved her Essence by ending her Existence. She had acted as an Individual who had faced a tough challenge posed by her enemy’s intention to violate her and dishonor her spiritual Essence. In Tibet, I describe the problem as that of foreign occupation. The foreign invader had imposed his identity across the Land of Tibet. Historically, Tibetans had witnessed foreign conquests, but the Land was never subjugated by the invading forces. The Tibetan Identity has survived and the foreign domination died its natural death. The occupation by Communist China had not only disrupted the natural sense of freedom enjoyed by Tibetans, but also it is wiping out the Identity of the Land of Tibet and all of its denizens. As long as Tibetans are conscious of their Identity, they would continue to resist foreign occupation. The international community must not remain as silent spectators. The global community of nations had responded in the past to help Jews and to stop Nazi persecution of Jews. Communist China must be contained and the Land known as Tibet must exist with its own Identity and we should not recognize occupation as a final event.

I am pleased to share an article written by Bahukutumbi Raman. Mr. Raman had served in Intelligence Bureau along with Mr. R. N. Kao who got appointed as Secretary(Research) of India’s Research and Analysis Wing from 1968 to 1977. Mr. Raman had also served as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. If my recollection is correct, both Mr. R. N. Kao and Mr. B. Raman had visited my Organization during 1971 while I had served under the Command of Major General Sujan Singh Uban, the Inspector General of Special Frontier Force.

THE SPIRITS OF SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE:

Special Frontier Force is a multinational defense plan to establish Freedom and Democracy in the occupied Land of Tibet.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spirits-of-Special-Frontier-Force/362056613878227

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,
Service Number: MS-8466. Rank: Captain. Branch: AMC/SSC (& Number. MR-03277K Rank Major AMC/DPC)
Medical Officer, South Column, Operation Eagle(1971-1972),
Directorate General of Security,
Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force,
East Block V, Level IV, R. K. Puram,
New Delhi – 110 022

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers48/paper4760.html

Tibetan Unrest shows Signs of Spreading from Sichuan to Tibet

By B. Raman 2/11/2011

The unrest of Tibetan monks, which has so far led to 10 attempts to commit self-immolation –seven of them successful resulting in deaths— in Western Sichuan, is now showing signs of spreading to Tibet. However, there are no reports so far of any attempted self-immolation in Tibet.
2. The unrest in Tibet is showing signs of taking a more violent form directed against Han targets instead of self-immolation. The Chinese authorities have banned all religious activities at the historic Karma monastery in Tibet’s Chamdo prefecture following a bomb explosion at a government building there on October 26, 2011. It has been reported that nearly all the monks at the monastery in the Dzagyu Karma township where the blast occurred have fled from the area, fearing that they might be arrested and detained in a military detention camp as the Chinese have done to a large number of monks of the Kirti monastery in Western Sichuan following the first incident of self-immolation of a young monk in March last.
3. For some week now, there have been reports of anger among the Tibetans in the Dzagyu Karma area over the re-settlement of a large number of Hans from other provinces in the rural areas under the pretext of undertaking development projects for the Tibetans. Before the blast, anonymous leaflets circulating in the area had warned as follows: “Anyone who settles in the rural area should speak Tibetan. Otherwise, we will not accept them. If this policy of settling Chinese in Tibetan rural areas is not stopped, we will protest and may be forced to resort to violence.”
4. After the blast, Chinese security forces surrounded the Karma monastery, on the eastern bank of the Dzachu River in Chamdo (in Chinese, Changdu) prefecture and founded in the 12th century. They allegedly suspected that monks in the monastery were behind the blast, which badly damaged the building but caused no casualties. The Chinese security forces claimed to have found in the area of the blast posters and leaflets calling for Tibetan independence.
5. Fearing that the Tibetan refugees in Nepal (about 20,000) may play a role in spreading the unrest to Tibet from Nepalese territory, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu is reported to have stepped up pressure on the Nepalese Government to arrest what the Embassy described as the splittist elements in the local Tibetan refugee community. Chinese concerns have increased following an attempt by some members of the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal to hold a prayer meeting in memory of those who committed self-immolation in Sichuan. Following pressure from the Chinese Embassy, the Nepalese authorities are reported to have arrested about 100 refugees who participated in the prayer meeting.
6.In the meanwhile, Lobsang Sangay, the newly elected head of the Tibetan Government-in-exile in Dharamshala, has arrived in Washington DC to testify before a Congressional Committee on the human rights situation in the Tibetan areas of China. While expressing his readiness for talks with the Chinese authorities, he blamed the Chinese refusal to accept the reality of the ground situation in the Tibetan areas for the continuing unrest. He added: “The actions of Tibetans who pour gasoline over themselves are clear indications of their desperation and frustration and of the urgency of the situation inside Tibet.”

Special Frontier Force and China – Tibet Dispute (bhavanajagat.com)
Opinion: Tibet rejects Chinese rule (edition.cnn.com)
A 17-Year-old Tibetan Girl Dies after Self-Immolation in Amdo Tsekock (voatibetanenglish.com)
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THE LAND OF RISING SUN – TIBETAN SPIRITS OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Bhavanajagat

UPRISING IN THE LAND OF RISING SUN :

UPRISING IN THE LAND OF RISING SUN(1959) AND UPRISING IN MY HEART(1962)

I would like to share the Guest Column titled ‘Dragon’s Familiar Dance’ published in India Today, November 07, 2011. Brahma Chellaney, the author of this article is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.

The word uprising describes the action of rising up and specifically it means an outbreak against a ruler or power or the act of revolt. The Living Tibetan Spirits have witnessed an uprising in the Land of Rising Sun. The Living Tibetan Spirits are conscious of the fact of the flight of His Holiness Dalai Lama to India to lead a life in exile. I am conscious of the fact of Communist China’s attack on India during 1962. Communist China’s brutal aggression has provoked an uprising in my heart. It has stirred me, it caused an intense swelling of emotions and it gave birth to a desire to resist Communist China as best possible. The Living Tibetan Spirits and myself have experienced similar emotions and feelings and share a common desire to resist Communist China and the threat it imposed upon our consciousness. During 1962, I was a young student at Giriraj Government Arts College, Nizamabad, Nizamabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The students of Giriraj College had spontaneously reacted to China’s attack and had expressed their sense of resentment and we joined hands and walked on the City streets to express our Unity and Solidarity to defend India. This desire to oppose Communist China has helped me to find an opportunity to join the ranks of Indian Army. On completion of my Basic Medical Officers Command Training( BMOC Course 20/70 ) at Officers Training School, Army Medical Corps Centre, Lucknow, and professional training at Military Hospital Ambala, during my first military assignment, I have joined others who share my desire to fight the Communist Forces. We all know that it is a challenge that needs preparation. While getting trained to gain the ability to move upwards to face the enemy, some people have fallen down. They have fallen with a desire still living in their hearts. My consciousness is aware of this desire and it keeps the Spirits alive in the form of a desire to resist the enemy and to end the illegal occupation of the Land of Rising Sun. The desire to resist your enemy causes feelings of sorrow or dukha like all other human desires. But, the condition called Freedom is not a desire. Freedom is the natural state or condition of human beings and military occupation is a violation or transgression of this natural condition of human existence. There is no choice other than that of revolting against occupation. So, we have accepted the desire to revolt against the enemy seeking the Compassion of Buddha to uplift us from the feelings of sorrow or Dukha.

BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI.

Rudra N Rebbapragada, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. & The Living Tibetan Spirits,
Service Information: Service Number: MS-8466/MR-03277K; Rank: Lieutenant/ Captain/Major; Branch: Army Medical Corps/Short Service Regular Commission/Direct Permanent Commission(1969-1984);
Medical Officer, South Column, Operation Eagle(1971-1972); Unit: Establishment No. 22, C/O 56 APO. Organization:
Directorate General of Security,
Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force,
East Block V, Level IV, R. K. Puram,
New Delhi – 110 022.

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DRAGON’S FAMILIAR DANCE:

http://chellaney.net/2011/10/29/dragon%e2%80%99s-familiar-dance/

With the 50th anniversary of the 1962 invasion approaching, history is in danger of repeating itself.

Brahma Chellaney
The writer is professor of strategic studies
at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
GUEST COLUMN
India Today, November 7, 2011

As the 50th anniversary of China’s invasion approaches, history is in danger of repeating itself, with Chinese military pressures and aggressive designs against India not only mirroring the pre-1962 war situation but also extending to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the oceans around India. China’s expanding axis of evil with Pakistan, including a new troop presence in PoK, heightens India’s vulnerability in Jammu and Kashmir, even as India has beefed up its defences in Arunachal Pradesh.
By muscling up to India, what is China seeking to achieve? The present situation, ominously, is no different in several key aspects from the one that prevailed in the run-up to the 1962 war.
● The aim of “Mao’s India war” in 1962, as Harvard scholar Roderick MacFarquhar has called it, was largely political: to cut India to size by demolishing what it represented—a democratic alternative to China’s autocracy. The swiftness and force with which Mao Zedong defeated India helped discredit the Indian model, boost China’s international image, and consolidate Mao’s internal power. The return of the China-India pairing decades later riles Beijing.
● Just as the Dalai Lama’s flight to India in 1959 set the stage for the Chinese military attack, the exiled Tibetan leader today has become a bigger challenge for China than ever. The continuing security clampdown across the Tibetan plateau since the March 2008 Tibetan uprising parallels the harsh Chinese crackdown in Tibet during 1959-62.
● The prevailing pattern of cross-frontier incursions and other border incidents is no different from the situation that led up to the 1962 war. Yet, India is repeating the same mistake by playing down the Chinese intrusions. Gratuitously stretching the truth, Indian officials say the incursions are the result of differing perceptions about the line of control. But which side has refused to define the line of control? It speaks for itself that China hasn’t offered this excuse. The fact is that Chinese forces are intruding even into Utttarakhand—the only sector where the line of control has been clarified by an exchange of maps—and into Sikkim, whose 206-km border with Tibet is recognized by Beijing.
● The 1962 war occurred against the backdrop of China instigating and arming insurgents in India’s northeast. Although such Chinese activities ceased after Mao’s death, China has come full circle today, with Chinese-made arms increasingly flowing into guerrilla ranks in northeast India via Burmese front organisations. In fact, Pakistan-based terrorists targeting India also rely on Chinese arms.
● China’s pre-1962 psychological war is returning. In recent years, Beijing has employed its state-run media and nationalistic websites to warn of another armed conflict. It is a throwback to the coarse rhetoric China had used in its build-up to the 1962 war. Its People’s Daily, for example, has warned India to weigh “the consequences of a potential confrontation with China.” China merrily builds strategic projects in an internationally disputed area like Pak Occupied Kashmir but responds with crude threats when others explore just for oil in the South China Sea.
● Just as India in the early 1960s retreated to a defensive position in the border negotiations after having undermined its leverage through a formal acceptance of the “Tibet region of China,” the spotlight now is on China’s revived Tibet-linked claim to Arunachal rather than on the core issue, Tibet itself. India, with its focus on process than results, has remained locked in continuous border negotiations with China since 1981—the longest and the most-fruitless process between any two nations post-Second World War. This process has only aided China’s containment-with-engagement strategy.
● In the same way that India under Nehru unwittingly created the context to embolden Beijing to wage aggression, New Delhi is again staring at the consequences of a mismanagement of relations. The more China’s trade surplus with India has swelled—jumping from $2 billion in 2002 to more than $30 billion now—the greater has been its condescension toward India. To make matters worse, the insidious, V.K. Krishna Menon-style shadow has returned to haunt Indian defence management and policy. India has never had more clueless defence and foreign ministers or a weaker Prime Minister with a credibility problem than it does today.
In fact, as it aims to mould a Sino-centric Asia, China is hinting that its real geopolitical contest is more with India than with the distant United States. The countries around India have become battlegrounds for China’s moves to encircle India. From a military invasion in 1962 and a subsequent cartographic aggression, China is moving towards a hydrological aggression and a multipronged strategic squeeze of India. China’s damming of rivers flowing from Tibet to India are highlighting Indian vulnerability on the water front even before India has plugged its disadvantage on the nuclear front by building a credible but minimal deterrent.
Whether Beijing actually sets out to teach India “the final lesson” by launching a 1962-style attack will depend on several factors. They include India’s domestic political situation, its defence preparedness, and the availability for China of a propitious international timing of the type the Cuban missile crisis provided in 1962. If India does not want to be caught napping again, it has to come out of the present political paralysis and inject greater realism into its China policy, which today bears a close resemblance to a studied imitation of an ostrich burying its head in the sand.
(c) India Today.

The Living Tibetan Spirits – Tibetan Consciousness Movement (bhavanajagat.com)
India Blinks While Tibet Got Gobbled (bhavanajagat.com)
The United States-tibet Relations-the Reincarnation of Tibetan Spirits (bhavanajagat.com)
The Great Problem of Tibet-sixty Years of Occupation (bhavanajagat.com)
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Ten Truths about the 1962 War (bhavanajagat.com)
Professor Brahma Chellaney, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

OPERATION EAGLE – GALLANTRY AWARD

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Bhavanajagat

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE - OPERATION EAGLE 1971 – LIBERATION WAR OF BANGLADESH :

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during 1971 initiated the Liberation of Bangladesh with military action in Chittagong Hill Tracts. This battle plan was named Operation Eagle.

OPERATION EAGLE – GALLANTRY AWARD : The Petition/Grievance that is related to the grant of Gallantry Award is now sent to Mr. Upamanyu Chatterjee, IAS, Joint Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer, Defence Headquarters Training Institute, E-Block, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi for his investigation or decision.

Service Number:MS-8466, Rank: Captain, Name: R. Rudra Narasimham/R.R. Narasimham, Corps/Service:AMC/SSC – Operation Eagle – Recommendation for Gallantry Award- This Army Officer never held a Civilian appointment or a Civilian position at Armed Forces Headquarters or any Inter-Service Organization.

MS-8466 Captain R R Narasimham, AMC/SSC was selected for the grant of Short Service Commission in the Army Medical Corps on 18th September, 1969 in the rank of Second Lieutenant while he was a Final Year M.B.B.S. student at Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. He joined Army in the rank of Lieutenant on 26th July, 1970. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on completion of training at Military Hospital, Ambala. He was deputed to the Special Frontier Force, a Special Task Force under the Directorate General of Security, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. While on deputation, he had served as Medical Officer, Headquarters Establishment No. 22 C/O 56 APO from 22nd September, 1971 to 18th December, 1974. This Medical Officer was posted to the South Column Unit of Operation Eagle and had served under the Command of Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan. During 1971, Brigadier T S Oberoi was the Commandant at Headquarters Establishment No. 22 and he was the Commander at Force Headquarters Operation Eagle. In a written testimonial given by Lieutenant General T S Oberoi, PVSM, VrC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Southern Command Pune 411001 dated 14th February, 1983, General Oberoi had stated that this Medical Officer was closely associated with his organisation during 1971 Indo-Pak War. The Southern Army Commander had further commented that this Medical Officer deserves befitting recognition on his relinquishing the Army.

OPERATION EAGLE 1971 – GALLANTRY AWARD – RECOGNITION BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL T S OBEROI, PVSM, VrC, GOC-in-C, Headquarters Southern Command. During 1971, he served as the Commandant of Headquarters Establishment No. 22 in the rank of Brigadier and was the Commander at Force Headquarters Operation Eagle. During 1972, he got promoted to the rank of Major General and served as the Inspector General, Special Frontier Force. He was the Reviewing Officer of my Annual Confidential Report:Officers for the Year 1971-72.

Southern Army Commander General T S Oberoi had categorically stated that this Medical Officer was recommended for a gallantry award for display of gallant qualities in the face of the enemy.

ANNUAL CONFIDENTIAL REPORT:OFFICERS – THE EVIDENCE FOR GALLANTRY AWARD RECOMMENDATION :

THE EVIDENCE FOR RECOMMENDATION OF GALLANTRY AWARD – ANNUAL CONFIDENTIAL REPORT-OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1971-72. Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan, the Initiating Officer had reported the following remarks in his Confidential Report for the Year 1971-72 in respect of Captain R R Narasimham AMC/SSC: “A very conscietious and Tough MO who worked hard during the Bangladesh Ops. He did very well and showed Maturity, which was beyond the call of duty. I have recommended this Officer for a gallantry award for which he deserves eminently. He is physically Tough and cheerful. Is a fresh entrant with less than 2 years of Service and yet he displayed capability and confidence.” Signed B K Narayan Lt Col dated 13 May 72.

This Medical Officer displayed a great sense of devotion to duty, maturity, physical toughness, and bravery beyond call of duty during Operation Eagle for which he was recommended for a gallantry award. The evidence about this recommendation was included in the Annual Confidential Report : Officers for the year 1971-72 in respect of this Medical Officer. This Annual Confidential Report was initiated by Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan, Directorate General of Security, Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force, who had Commanded the South Column Unit of Operation Eagle. The duly completed Annual Confidential Report for the Year 1971-72 was forwarded to Military Secretary’s Branch, Ministry of Defence(Army) and is now held at MS Branch MS4( CR ). REGISTRATION OF PUBLIC GRIEVANCE : Government of India, Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has established a web portal to receive Public Grievances at http://www.pgportal.gov.in/It received a grievance on 24th September, 2011 about the case pertaining to this Medical Officer who had relinquished Service on 10th January, 1984. The Registration Number is MODEF/E/2011/00761. The grievance is received by Shri. Arun Kumar Bal, Joint Secretary ( Estt.&PG ), Room No. 97, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi 110 001. His contact phone number : 23792043; E-mail : jse@nic.in This Grievance that was received by Joint Secretary(Estt & PG), Ministry of Defence on 24 September, 2011 was forwarded to unknown and unspecified Department of Defence on 07 December, 2011. After a long period of time at that unspecified Department of Defence, the Grievance is now forwarded to the Wing of Joint Secretary Training, Chief Administrative Officer, Defence Headquarters Training Institute, E-Block, Tutu Road, DHQ Zone, New Delhi – 110 011, on 17 July, 2012.

Operation Eagle-Gallantry Award : Mr. Upamanyu Chatterjee, IAS, Joint Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer Defence Headquarters Training Institute had received my Petition/Grievance bearing Registration Number: MODEF/E/2011/00761 on 17 July 2012. He is involved in the recruitment and provision of civilian manpower for the Service Hq of Indian Armed Forces. He is the cadre controlling Officer for Armed Forces civilian employees. Kindly explain as to why my Petition/Grievance is forwarded to his Office of JS(Trg) & CAO.

OPERATION EAGLE – GALLANTRY AWARD : The Petition/Grievance bearing Registration Number: MODEF/E/2011/00761 has now reached this building on 17 July 2012. This building belongs to Office of Joint Secretary( Training ) & Chief Administrative Officer, Defence Headquarters Training Institute, E-Block, Dalhousie Road, DHQ Zone, New Delhi – 110 011. Kindly explain as to why a Petition/Grievance filed by a former Officer of Indian Army Medical Corps is forwarded to this address.

I am surprised to note that no attempt is being made to verify my Record of Service that is archived at Medical Personnel Records Section(Officers), MPRS(O), Office of the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi – 110 011, to begin a proper inquiry to accept or to reject my Petition/Grievance.

Posted by :

Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,

Ex- Number MS-8466. Rank-Captain. AMC/SSC

Medical Officer, South Column, Operation Eagle

Directorate General of Security

Office of Inspector General Special Frontier Force

East Block V, Level IV, R K Puram,New Delhi – 110 022.

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Special Frontier Force-Operation Eagle-Gallantry Award :Secretariat Building, Government of India, New Delhi. The Government has to decide the merit in my claim for a Gallantry Award or it may let the Enemy judge my action if it merits any punishment.

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