Jaswant Singh Rawat

Jaswant Singh Rawat
  News
    Lansdowne
      Hill station, 280 km from Delhi, Uttarakhand
      to be renamed
        Decision by Lansdowne Cantonment Board
        as Jaswantgarh
  Who
    Rifleman in Battle of Nuranang
      Battle against Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army, November 17th, 1962
      Location: North-East Frontier Agency (present day Arunachal Pradesh)
    Served in 4th Battalion of Garhwal Rifles
    Conferred Maha Vir Chakra posthumously
    Battalion received Battle Honour Nuranang
  Facts
    Lord Lansdowne
      Henry Charles Keith Petty-Firzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
      British politician, Viceroy of India (1888 - 1894)
    1886: Decision to raise separate regiment of Garhwalis
      Based on recommendations of Field Marshal Sir F S Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of British army in India
    Cantonment and Regimental Centre setup in Kalundanda
      Forest area 6,000 feet above sea level
      For training recruits to Garhwal Rifles
    1890: Kalundanda renamed as Lansdowne after then Viceroy

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