The Assam Rifles- Sentinels of the East
Written by Lt Col (Retd.) A.K Sam Sharma on May 16, 2008 – 9:38 am -The protests and rallies by Tibetan Budhist monks in Lhasa & its high-handed smothering and quelling by the Chinese Police and the PLA, takes one back to similar alarming happenings four to five decades ago. Also, reminds one of the day in 1959, when forward elements of The Assam Rifles, deployed on the Indo-Tibetan Border, received His Holiness, The Dalai Lama and his entourage fleeing into India, and ensured its safe passage up to Misamari, in the foot-hills of the then ( North East Frontier Agency) NEFA…. The Dalai Lama, is now safely ensconced in Mcleodgunj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. For once, he is showing pique and ire. He is at one with the angst-driven and seething Tibetan youth, who have been hogging the TV screens & internet sites, in a spate of demonstrations all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »
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