Lt Gen AK Bakshi
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Lt Gen AK Bakshi
@AkBakshi
A proud Veteran of the Indian Army. Continuing service to the society in all humility...
Greater Noida, India Katılım Kasım 2015
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#InServiceOfTheNation
#WeCare
In a profound act of humanity, a 42-year-old lady at Command Hospital, Chandimandir gave the gift of life through organ donation, enabling multiple recipients a new lease of life. Her heart, liver, pancreas & kidneys were retrieved through seamless coordination between Command Hospital Chandimandir, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research under the aegis of HQ #WesternCommand.
Organ allocation by National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization and swift creation of green corridors with civil administration ensured timely retrieval & transport. Notably, this is the first-ever heart retrieval at Command Hospital, Chandimandir.
A salute to the donor’s family for their selfless gesture, reflecting the highest ideals of compassion and service.
@adgpi
@prodefencechan1



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@Shonabubai @sardesairajdeep @AxisMyIndia @TVKVijayHQ The saying goes
Kuch kiya kar kuch kiya kar
"Kuch na mile,
to phaad pyjama diya kar"
TV channels have to be busy
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@sardesairajdeep @AxisMyIndia @TVKVijayHQ What's the need for Exit Poll Can't All hold breath for few more days 🤦
Enough sobbing on live TV
Stop playing Clairvoyant game
Adults have plenty patience n wait till the 4th to get the credible validated outcome
As long as expectations of the people of 5 States met enough
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IMPORTANT: exit polls unanimous on Assam (BJP), Kerala (Cong). One outlier in @AxisMyIndia on Tamil Nadu: that @TVKVijayHQ was getting votes was clear on ground but will it translate into so many seats? Most polls except Axis say NO and give DMK edge, while one gives edge to AIADMK. And then there is West Bengal: 4 polls say BJP, two TMC, two suggest tight race, Axis not giving figures yet . When so much divergence, surely ALL pollsters must give data and methodology with transparency and state clearly if they are also polling for a political party . Most importantly, how and who will hold them accountable if they get it wrong ? 🙏
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@KunwarMoeez @narendramodi You may like to ask your maa for milk to imbibe better sanskaar🙏
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Received a phone call from my dear friend President Emmanuel Macron. We discussed the situation in West Asia and agreed on the need to urgently restore safety and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
We will continue our close cooperation to advance peace and stability in the region and beyond.
@EmmanuelMacron
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@depot41623333 My head hangs in shame.A veteran has died in the centre of the capital city. Someone has to be accountable..... How can hooligans escape. Do we expect this to happen if the victim was say the CM , pradhan sewak I mean?
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@Swamy39 @narendramodi No wonder Modi kept you out of power because you are full of ego and low on integrity..,...
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Glimpses from the ceremonial welcome for President Putin at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Putin has been unwavering in his commitment to strong India-Russia ties and has contributed immensely to taking this relationship to new heights. Though the world has seen many changes over the last 25 years of the India-Russia Strategic Partnership, our friendship has only grown stronger.
@KremlinRussia_E




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@sm_jalal707 @bihari_babu2580 @narendramodi You may find it difficult to understand why we wish
"Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha....."
It's neither politics ,nor hypocrisy...it is a realisation of one's role as a human ... philosophical indeed
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@bihari_babu2580 @narendramodi BNP don’t need his prayer. He should return Hasina. Keeping a terrorist inside & praying for opposition leader is a hypocrisy
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@bihari_babu2580 @narendramodi You do not lose anything by wishing good for your adversary. Diplomacy not Politics babua.
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@thekaipullai @PMO We hear of PMO directly taking duo moto notice . Why not in this case of sheer callousness and insult of a martyr's family. I am ready to offer the amount if the Govt cannot keep its dignity intact.
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Happened to see the trailer of 120 Bahadur by Farhan Akhtar.
The movie brings the brave story of Major Shaitan Singh Bhati and the 123 Soldiers of the Kumaon Regiment, who fought till the last man and the last bullet against 3000+ Chinese soldiers, in the Battle of Rezang La
The trailer was amazing, and it sent me to do some reading.
At first, I was inspired. Then I stumbled upon a sad story that made me question the very character of us as a nation.
But some history first.
The 1962 War between India and China was independent India's first reality check of international relations. It all started with the India - China border, which was always a contentious one. Both didn't agree with each other on its definition.
Our then PM who used to think that his personal charisma was enough as a diplomatic tool and thought fancy terms like Panchsheel and Speaking Good English in UN was enough to counter Chinese aggression, he embarked on what he called the "Forward Policy"
It was a fancy term for sending unprepared soldiers to dispersed positions on mountain tops which were 18000 ft above sea level. And to make things worse, we sent them with inadequate clothing, equipment, weapons, intelligence and an absolute lack of strategy.
The Chinese predictably took advantage of this cluelessness and attacked us.
Initially they raked up victory after victory in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh. They even captured Tawang. They thought this war would be a walkover and trained their eyes on Ladakh.
They thought capturing Ladakh would be easy.
Unfortunately, they didn't account for Major Singh and his 123 men from the Kumaon Regiment.
On 18th Nov 1962, they came to an isolated place in Ladakh called Rezang La. It was the last point between them and another place called Chushul, which was the gateway to Ladakh.
Lulled into a false sense of confidence and expecting an easy victory, 3000 Chinese soldiers thought all they had to do was walk in and they would capture Rezang la.
But Major Singh and his men had other ideas.
On that day, they decided to show the Chinese what a Great wall actually looked like.
At 18,000 feet above sea level, in temperatures which were 20 to 30 degrees below zero, Major Singh and his men, using Machine Guns and mortars repelled wave after wave of Chinese invaders.
At times, when they ran out of ammo, they resorted to brutal hand to hand fighting to throw the Chinese back.
For 6-8 hours, Major Singh and his men sent hundreds of Chinese to the Chinese version of Valhalla. They fought with such incredible daring and bravery that they gave a serious inferiority complex to the Spartans of Thermopylae.
Unfortunately, the Chinese had too many soldiers, and eventually they surrounded Major Singh and his men.
Of his 123 men, 114 men, including Maj Singh made the ultimate sacrifice for the country. Most of them died, with their weapons in hand and facing toward the enemy. It was a performance that made Gods weep.
The performance of Major Singh and his men shocked the Chinese. This was the fiercest resistance they had faced till that point in the war.
Realizing things aren't going to be easy for them anymore, three days later, they declared a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew.
For his Supreme Sacrifice and his bravery that would make Lord Narasimha himself proud, Major Bhati was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
His brave exploits had not only moved India. It had made an impact on the Chinese and the Americans as well. So much so, that they still teach about him and his men in the PLA War College and West Point, on how to defend.
But this post is not about his brave saga. I am sure Farhan Akhtar would tell it better than me.
This post is about what his family faced at the hands of our heartless and rapacious bureaucracy and our impotent judiciary, after his heroic sacrifice.
As a wife of a fallen hero, Major Singh's widow Sugan Kunwari was eligible for 60% of Major Singh's salary as pension. But for some reason, she was only given 30%.
The Govt as gratuity gave Rs 4000 to her in 1963, and given what Major Singh had done, they bloody well had to. But the govt babudom being govt babudom, they recovered it from her pension in 1964.
The Indian babu who actually passed this order was like "You could be a war hero and might have repelled the Chinese and all, but you can't repel our rules and regulations"
Then the Indian govt "liberalized" the pension rules in 1972, but Sugan Kunwari continued receiving the pension under the old scheme till, I kid you not, 1996.
Add to that, she was supposed to get a gratuity of Rs 9500 as per the new rules. She didn't get that as well.
I guess maybe some memo granting her the pension, got blocked in some file on a random table in South Block.
To claim his rightful money, the family of Major Singh filed a case in the Armed forces Tribunal - Jaipur in 1996, for the arrears between 1972 and 1995 and the revised gratuity.
They didn't even ask for retrospective implementation of pension rules since 1962, because unlike the rotten scoundrels of our bureaucracy, they were honest people. And this was the money that was rightfully theirs.
Ideally speaking, the day someone finds out that a hero like Major Singh was wronged, every authority, every official, every armed force guy would move heaven and earth to right that wrong.
As a war hero, we think his files would have been processed in record time and within 24 hours, the family of Major Singh would have received the shortfall with interest, and an apology note from the seniormost army general of the area, right?
Wrong
The case my friends, 30 years later, is still going on.
Major Singh's widow, unfortunately passed away in 2015 without a verdict and was still receiving the old pension.
His son continued the case, but he has not been heard since 2016, as there was apparently no judge at the Armed forces tribunal in Jaipur.
As of 2021, when there are last traces of this case, it was still going on.
If the family of a war hero, who gave his life for the nation, a Param Vir Chakra awardee, someone whose bust the govt inaugurated in the national war memorial in all pomp and glory, and someone who is a hero to us all, is treated like this by our babudom, then what chance do we stand?
There is a line in the song based on this war which says "Kar Chale hum fida jaano, ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyon"
Major Singh gave his life so that we could have our country and our tomorrow. Have we justified his sacrifice?
I don't think we have.
The nation which forgets is real heroes, is doomed to live with false useless ones.
I think we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
P:S: Considering the difference, I don't think the total amount would be more than Rs 10 Lakhs, including interest.
This is the bribe money that a corrupt clerk collects before lunch time. Or a corrupt judge throws out in a raid.
And we strung Major Singh's family for this, for over 30 years now.
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Paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.
🇮🇳 #IndiaAtUN


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@voiceofhindus @Saurabh_MLAgk The problem with fukra politicians like Saurabh is that drunk in power they behave and talk with disdain. Now he has been slapped tightly by Yadav......let's see how this hollow politician explains why he was so annoyed by dedication of the match to the widows of Op Sindoor
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Lt Gen AK Bakshi retweetledi

Remembering the braves of 11th Bn The Bihar regiment on their raising day. Kudos to the braves. @adgpi #VeerBihari #KarmhiDharm #BravesofBiharRegiment #BirsaMundaKiJai #BajrangBaliKiJai #JaiHind

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@PRODefDehradun @SpokespersonMoD @adgpi @LtGenGurmit @ukcmo @SethSanjayMP @DefenceMinIndia @DIAV20 @dgafms_mod Congratulations,,🌹So good to hear that.
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ECHS Polyclinic Dehradun, serving 1.4 lac #Veterans & families, has a new Digital X-Ray, 6-bed physiotherapy unit & a counsellor room.
Maj Gen R Prem Raj, GOC Uttrakhand Sub Area dedicated the renovated facilities to the station & gave his vision for a wholistic wellness centre.




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@AnkitGuptaBJYM @PadmajaJoshi @TajinderBagga Happy Birthday Padmaja🌹🕉️ Our regards to your father, my boss in Dehradun.🙏
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Happy b'day @PadmajaJoshi maam. My fav journalist.
This was a fanboy moment during the @TajinderBagga election.

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Lt Gen AK Bakshi retweetledi

@rajnathsingh @giridhararamane @VedveerArya3 @DefenceAccounts @PcdaPensions #As_isCasesSPARSH 1/4 CPGRAM lodged Address to Hon'ble Defence Minister (Copy Pasted). Request 6.5 Lakhs Affected Pensioners with As_is_1&2 and _3 Cases be Informed Immediately & Make them Ready to Suffer

Lt Col R K Bhardwaj (Retd)@RajKuma35152604
@PMOIndia @HQ_IDS_India @DIAV20 @IAF_MCC @NAVYESM @giridhararamane @DefenceAccounts @PcdaPensions #AidToPCDAPension 1/5 Service&Family Pensioners Request Directorate of Veterans (Army,Air Force & Navy) to Put up this Tweet to Chiefs of Army Staff,Air Staff & Naval Staff Sectt
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