The Battle of Saragarhi
This battle took place on September 12, 1897 in Tirah region of North-West Frontier Province when 21 soldiers of the 36 Sikh Regiment fought an army of over 10,000 Afghans and killed more than 600 of them before perishing to enemy bullets.
Saragarhi was a post that connected British India forts of Lockhart and Gulistan on the border areas of Afghanistan.
When the Afghans attacked, they marched down with 10,000 soldiers and Sikh faced the odds of 1:476. Till date, September 12 is celebrated as the Saragarhi Day in honour of the sacrifices made by those 21 brave soldiers and it's observed as the Sikh military commemoration day.
Saragarhi was a post that connected British India forts of Lockhart and Gulistan on the border areas of Afghanistan.
When the Afghans attacked, they marched down with 10,000 soldiers and Sikh faced the odds of 1:476. Till date, September 12 is celebrated as the Saragarhi Day in honour of the sacrifices made by those 21 brave soldiers and it's observed as the Sikh military commemoration day.
Greatest Last Stand Ever At Rezang La
One of the stories of greatest last stands is of Shaitan Singh, who saved Arunachal Pradesh from the Chinese. He killed 300 Chinese soldiers during this battle, which took place on November 18, 1962 on mountains of Chushul in Ladakh. The Charlie company of 120 jawans of 13 Kumaon led by Major Shaitan Singh was protecting Chushul airfield which was important for India to hold on to Ladakh.
The People’s Liberation Army of nearly 5,000 soldiers equipped with heavy artillery attacked Chushul and it had become impossible for the Indian artillery to lend support, leaving the soldiers to fight for themselves. Major Shaitan Singh fought till last man and only 6 of the 120 member company survived the war, 114 did not.
The People’s Liberation Army of nearly 5,000 soldiers equipped with heavy artillery attacked Chushul and it had become impossible for the Indian artillery to lend support, leaving the soldiers to fight for themselves. Major Shaitan Singh fought till last man and only 6 of the 120 member company survived the war, 114 did not.
The Battle of Thermopylae
This was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, or the Hot Gates.
The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Xerxes had amassed a huge army and navy, and set out to conquer all of Greece. The Athenian general Themistocles had proposed that the allied Greeks block the advance of the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, and simultaneously block the Persian navy at the Straits of Artemisium.
The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Xerxes had amassed a huge army and navy, and set out to conquer all of Greece. The Athenian general Themistocles had proposed that the allied Greeks block the advance of the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, and simultaneously block the Persian navy at the Straits of Artemisium.
