Brigadier (Retd.) AJS Behl, a distinguished veteran of the 1962 India-China war, breathed his final on Tuesday at Command Hospital in Chandimandir. Aged 82, he succumbed to age-related points. The ultimate rites are scheduled to happen in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on December 17, 1961, Brigadier Behl performed a major position within the 1962 war. Serving as a younger officer within the Battle of Namka Chu as a part of the 7 Infantry Brigade, he was captured at Tsangdhar throughout the battle. His illustrious navy profession prolonged to participation within the 1965 Rann of Kutch operations and the wars of 1965 and 1971. Brig. Behl, retiring because the Deputy Director General of the NCC in (*82*) and Kashmir in April 1995, commanded the 195 Medium Regiment and was deployed in Tsangdhar with ‘E’ Troop of the 17 Para Field Regiment because the gun place officer.
Inducted from Agra on September 30, 1962, Brigadier Behl, then Lieutenant, arrived in Tezpur, Assam, alongside along with his troop commander, Captain (later Maj Gen) HS Talwar. Engaging within the Battle of Tsangdhar on October 20, 1962, in opposition to Chinese forces, his troop, surrounded and going through artillery fireplace, fought valiantly till the afternoon, once they have been compelled to give up. Brig. Behl, together with 38 males underneath his command and his troop commander, spent a yr in Chinese captivity in Tibet earlier than being repatriated to India. He rejoined his battalion shortly thereafter.
His position within the 1962 war is vividly recounted within the e-book “1962: The War That Wasn’t.” In a later interview with historian Claude Arpi, Brig. Behl expressed his enduring anti-Chinese sentiments, emphasizing their potential menace.
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