The citation for the Param Vir Chakra awarded to him reads:
MAJOR SHAITAN SINGH 13 KUMAON (IC 7990) Major Shaitan Singh was commanding a company of an infantry battalion deployed at Rezang La in the Chysul sector at a height of about 17,000 feet. The locality was isolated from the main defended sector and consisted of five platoon-defended position. On 18 November 1962, the Chinese forces subjected the company position to heavy artillery, mortar and small arms fire and attacked it in overwhelming strength in several successive waves. Against heavy odds, our troops beat back successive waves of enemy attack. During the action, Major Shaitan singh dominated the scene of operations and moved at great personal risk from one platoon post to another sustaining the morale of his hard-pressed platoon posts. While doing so he was seriously wounded but continued to encourage and lead his men, who, following his brave example fought gallantly and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. For every man lost to us, the enemy lost four or five. When major Shaitan Singh fell disabled by wounds in his arms and abdomen, his men tried to evacuate him but they came under heavy machine-gun fire. Major Shaitan Singh then ordered his men to leave him to his fate in order to save their lives.
Major Shaitan Singh%u2019s supreme courage, leadership and exemplary devotion to duty inspired his company to fight almost to the last man.
RE:Indian army fought bravely in 1962 without proper weapons and clothing.
by satyamev jayathe on Jun 26, 2007 07:56 AM Permalink
yeah poor brave Shaitan singh sacrificed his life, so corrupt junks like Congress, bjp, shivsena, bsp, sp etc can loot money. I guess Shaitan singh in heaven now feels he should have killed all the politicians instead. What do you think his family would have got in compensation? few rupees?? While we all sit here comfotably, use laptops and chat nonsense.
RE:Indian Army ready for war with China. Forget 1962
by satyamev jayathe on Jun 26, 2007 07:58 AM Permalink
I am sure, most ppl in the forum cannot distinguish a AP guy from a chinese guy. If we send you guys to war, you will end up killing our own AP guys. Cmon, use your brain and avoid war.
I dont care about what the British did and I know whay they did it..nevertheless AP and JK are a part of INDIA now and we need to do everything to ensure it stays the same..
And to people like Satyamev etc..Please stop looking at pre-British maps to justify your nonsense claims..if u want to go by those maps, then Pak must be a part of India..so do you want to talk to them about the re-union..?
RE:i dont care AP and JK will need to be part of India
by satyamev jayathe on Jun 26, 2007 07:49 AM Permalink
sure, pakistan should have been part of India. But if part of country wants to separate (as in muslims) want a separate country, no one can stop them. If tomorrow, a big majority of tamils decide they want to become a new country, no one can stop them. You just cannot send indian army and threaten to kill everybody. This age that tactic will not work. The way to stop seccession is to bring ppl to mainstream, so they feel part of the country and be proud of it. Muslims atleast some of them did not feel that way, so they left. No party Congress, BJP watever could have stopped them. So dont keep blaming ghandi, or Congress.
chinease understand that we have a weak /puppet PM and their communist allies (paid agents ) well part of UPA govt.this is the reason that they have starting making such claims regarding AP openly.
India cannot afford turn its back for one second on China, because looks like they will take a quick stealthy step towards Arunachal in that one second.
I dont know what INDIANs have done to get two back-stabbing nations as neighbours on our only territorial borders, but we shd do everything in our power including fight to the last muscle left in the last man to defend Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh.
RE:back-stabbers
by on Jun 23, 2007 10:18 PM Permalink
Stealthy step was taken by british who conquered arunachal pradesh and made it part of India. How would you feel if british had just given tamilnadu to be part of srilanka, or gifted bengal to bhutan or something. Think and verify facts befire you talk. Dont be misled by politicians. Go and check all maps of india before british conquered india.
RE:back-stabbers
by saif kashmiri on Jun 24, 2007 12:57 AM Permalink
agreed AP was part of tibet but also tibet was never of china.so what right these chinkis have to claim AP.LET them first free tibet and once tibet is an independent country .than only we will discuss regarding AP with the govt of tibet.
RE:back-stabbers
by satyamev jayathe on Jun 24, 2007 09:16 AM Permalink
and who told you tibet was never part of china ? I am asking you now, how is tamilnadu. kerala part of india? Were they under direct mughal rule or akbars rule or any other north emperor rule anytime? So does that mean tamilnadu and kerala can become indepedent??
Please go to see ancient history maps from any place in google and come to reply.
RE:It's Arunachal not Twang
by on Jun 23, 2007 10:14 PM Permalink
go check all maps before british. Arunachal pradesh was never part of India. Infact, nepal has been under indian empire control from time to time. There is a much stronger case for Nepal to be part of india than arunachal pradesh. It was only under british that the core of NE. india becamee part of india. British did the macmohan line so india and china keep fighting each other. It was a standard british tactic.
RE:It's Arunachal not Twang
by indiman on Jun 25, 2007 04:59 AM Permalink
Boss, tawang is a province in Arunachal and not the chinese name of arunachal, Chinese call arunachal as NEFA or North East Frontier Agency. So dont worry, the Chinese are crazy like Mad dogs about Tawang because the monastery there is supposed to be the one that validates the dalai lama everytime a new one is elected. So when the present one passes away and the Chinese impose a new one that Dalai Lama will not be valid till the Tawang Monastery approves him. But the cant happen because tawang is part of India and China has no say in that. So the Chinese will go to any means to conquer arunachal and then bhutan and sikkim because these are the other states where tibetan budhism still prevails. Even the Arunachal people say they are Indians and nobody elses so I guess the question of Arunachal being a part of India is invalid.
RE:RE:It's Arunachal not Twang
by indiman on Jun 25, 2007 05:07 AM Permalink
I mean Arunachal is a part of India because that what the people of that state want to be. Just like Sikkim that becasme part of India in 1975 after the people there voted owerwhelmingly in favor of being a part of India.
In 1986 China invaded Arunachal Pradesh and captured a lot of land, entered about 20 miles deep into India's territory. However, Rajib Gandhi then went to China. Then Atal Bihari also went to China. India has entertained Chinese Prime-Ministers and presidents twice. Chinese know that Indians are weak, so they are taking advantages. Why is it not possible for India to recognize Taiwan and give Taiwan nuclear weapons and missiles as China gave those to Pakistan?
RE:Both Rajib and Atalbihari were wrong
by V S on Jun 25, 2007 12:54 PM Permalink
you need to read about Operation Chequerboard . do a google search on it.
RE:Both Rajib and Atalbihari were wrong
by on Jun 23, 2007 10:19 PM Permalink
Stealthy step was taken by british who conquered arunachal pradesh and made it part of India. How would you feel if british had just given tamilnadu to be part of srilanka, or gifted bengal to bhutan or something. Think and verify facts befire you talk. Dont be misled by politicians. Go and check all maps of india before british conquered india.
RE:Grand Strategy for Fighting Chinese Hagemonism
by anand krishnamurthy on Jun 23, 2007 02:11 PM Permalink
heha islamists fear china. China is the only empire which repulsed islamists and demoralised them long long back. Islamists actually had better inroads in europe and even ruled Spain for few centuries. But any attack on china by the mighty persian empire was defeated badly, unlike India. So thats why these islamists dare not do any mischief in china. Except isolated incidents in xinjiang, have you heard of terrorism in china ? :)
RE:Grand Strategy for Fighting Chinese Hagemonism
by on Jun 23, 2007 10:21 PM Permalink
You are praising china more than it deserves. But they do have a legitimate claim to arunachal pradesh.
RE:Grand Strategy for Fighting Chinese Hagemonism
by thik thak on Jun 23, 2007 11:15 PM Permalink
they even dont have legitimate claim to tibet how come they can have legitimate claim to arunachal.
RE:Grand Strategy for Fighting Chinese Hagemonism
by anand krishnamurthy on Jun 23, 2007 01:59 PM Permalink
dude, how abt use ur brain to help make life of poor people in our country better. No never. You live comfortably, and for your entertainment indian army and chinese army shd fight and kill each other? All these jerks bush, advani, right wing war mongers shd b forced to send their sons/daughters to war. Spread the message of love. No country is bad. Dont fight against a country, rather fight against bad people. Ibelieve every country has a fair of them.
