Col Alok Mathur SM

-The writer is an Indian Army veteran and a defence analyst. He has keen interest in Geo-strategic affairs and writes regularly on internal and external affairs issues related to India and neighbours. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Golden Jubilee: Remembering the Heroes of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  Pakistan can never forget the humiliation of December 16, 1971, when Indian forces entered Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan, and enforced the unconditional surrender of the four-division strong Eastern Theatre Command of the...

Adieu Eternal: First CDS of Indian Armed Forces

Col Alok Mathur SM -
The liaison officer Group Captain Varun Singh, Shaurya Chakra, an instructor at Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) watched, as the IAF Embraer fixed wing aircraft landed and headed for the parking bay for the...

Ambush at Thinghat in Manipur

Col Alok Mathur SM -
A convoy consisting of seven light vehicles was returning from a forward post of F Company, 46 Assam Rifles at 1000 hours on November 13, 2021. Col Vipalav Tripathi, the commandant, was travelling in second...

Jammu Kashmir War 1947 -1948 (The First Round Heroes)

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  India was declared as an independent country at 0001 hours on August 15, as millions of Indians witnessed hoisting of Tricolour by first Prime Minister Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. He said, “We rise from darkness...

Tears of Namka Chu River

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  My name is Namka Chu. My address is west Kameng District adjoining Bhutan border in North east frontier agency (NEFA) about 25 kms north of Tawang  town.  I am  about  26 kilometres (km) long...

Valour Stories of Indo-Pak War 1965

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  After the Sino-India War of 1962, Pakistan think tanks concluded that military solution to Kashmir was a possibility as they were equipped with modern American weapons like M 47/48 Patton tanks, F86 Sabre and...

Stories of Valour, Supreme Sacrifice During the Kargil War of 1999

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  On July 26, 1999, 22years ago, the guns fell silent after 83 days of intense fighting in the Ladakh and Karakoram ranges of the Himalayas. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, admiring the valour...

Strategic Rail Link Between Lhasa And Nyingchi: A Wake Up Call for India

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  South China Morning Post reported on June 26, 2021 that the rail link between Lhasa and Nyingchi   in China occupied Tibet (COT) was inaugurated on last Friday and is now operational. The first electric...

Knowing Naftali Bennett, the New First Among Equals Premier of Israel

Col Alok Mathur SM -
On June 13, 2021, Knesset, the parliament of Israel, approved a new eight party coalition government and Naftali Bennett of Yamina party, holding only 07 seats was elected and sworn in as the new...

Future Battlefield Victory Only Through Joint Warfare

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  The current superpowers of the world namely USA, Russia and China have adopted the concept of jointness in their armed forces in the 21st century in big way. Conventionally, all three services i.e. Army,...

Taiwan: The Second China

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  On April 12, 2021, an armada of eighteen J10/11 fighters, four H6K nuclear capable bombers, two Y8 antisubmarine and one airborne early warning aircraft of Red Air force intruded deep into air space of...

Bangladesh in Chinese Fishnet

Col Alok Mathur SM -
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming, while addressing a press conference in second week of May 2021 at Dhaka warned that Bilateral ties between two countries will be substantially damaged if Bangladesh aligned with...

Israel Strikes Hamas Gaza Bastion Again

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  The violence in East Jerusalem was triggered on the tenth day of Ramadan (Laylat a Quadr), when Israeli security forces prevented a mob of Palestinian Arab worshippers, which was supported by Hamas to move...
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