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In Pictures: Indian Army Builds A Memorial For 20 Soldiers Who Lost Their Lives In Galwan Valley Clash With China
Galwan Valley memorial (Twitter)
The Indian Army has built a memorial to honor the soldiers who lost their lives in the Galwan Valley clash with China. Indian and Chinese soldiers had clashed in this part of north-eastern Ladakh on 15 June this year.
According to the Indian Army, 20 Indian soldiers had lost their lives in the clashes in the Galwan Valley. This is for the first time in nearly 45 years that Indian soldiers have been killed at the Line of Actual Control with China.
The incident happened at Patrolling Point 14 in Galwan Valley.
Colonel Santosh Babu, Commanding officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, was one of the 20 Indians killed in the Galwan Valley clashes.
The Indian Army memorial has come up at ‘KM-120’, a point near the confluence of the Galwan and Shyok rivers.
Despite being outnumbered, Indian troops inflicted heavy casualties on the Chinese side during the clashes in the Galwan Valley.
Following the clashes, the Chinese side had refused to reveal the number of People’s Liberation Army soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley.
According to one estimate, put out by an Indian journalist, over 40 Chinese soldiers had been killed in the seven-hour-long hand-to-hand fight.
Names of all the 20 Indian soldiers killed in action on 15 June have been inscribed on the memorial built to honor them, pictures released by the Army show.
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