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| Gen Zorawar Singh Sankalp Divas to be celebrated on Dec 12 | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 11: Briefing the Ex-Servicemen for the upcoming Gen Zorawar Singh Sankalp Divas Celebrations on December 12, the President of the league Maj Gen Goverdhan Singh Jamwal informed that they decided to celebrate the Day at the Balidan Stambh in collaboration with J&K Ex-Services League with the support of the Army in Jammu.
Jamwal told the veterans that he was so happy to know that Gen Zorawar Singh's family has created a Trust Gen Zorawar Singh Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust this year.
The Army is providing all the facilities to celebrate the Day of a Great Soldier, Gen Zorawar Singh who helped Maharaja Gulab Singh to create a Dogra Empire by conquering Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan and finally won the Battle of Mantalai in May 1841.
The Mantalai Flag of the Chinese is with 4 JAK RIF, then known 'Fateh Shivji' under Gen Zorawar Singh with able generals like Ghulam Mohd Khan and Col Basti Ram.
Though he was finally martyred in the battle of Toyo on 12 Dec 1841 he was almost winning the Battle but a Tibetan attacked him from the rear which proved fatal. Had he won then perhaps he would have solved our present problem with China after then Tibet would have been part of the Dogra Empire of Jammu and Kashmir.
Nevertheless whatever is today with them across the Himalayas is all due to the conquests by Gen Zorawar Singh which has given us the right to claim Baltistan, Chitral, Gilgit, the 'Strategic Heart of Asia', which is even now considered vital for the Defence and Military Strategy in Asia which controls the Silk Route and also the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Passing through Chitral which was for the first time annexed to the Dogra Empire which ultimately became part of India in 1947.
It is unfortunate that we have not given Gen Zorawar Singh the right place which he deserves and we are very happy to see the family of Gen Zorawar Singh creating a Trust in his name after almost 177 years.
Devinder Singh Kaluria deserves all the credit and his daughter Diksha Kaluria is the spirit behind the Trust who is so committed and dedicated. |
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