General Rajinder Singh Jamwal

Let us remember the heroic chief of army staff of the former Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir, General Rajinder Singh Jamwal. Because of the British and Congressi sabotage of the former kingdom's armed forces, only 110 soldiers could be mobilized to fight the terrorist army of the NWFP tribes. Despite signing a standstill agreement, those Jihadist militias were armed and supported by Pakistan under the auspices of the British regime.

General Rajinder Singh saluted his sovereign for last time and rushed to Muzzafarabad. A Maharaja proud of his man proclaimed- "Save the state till the last man and the last bullet."

General and his 110 men were fighting the war outnumbered 1:55. Staying true to their Rajput honour they stalled the terrorist advance and saved the capital city of Srinagar from falling into the hand of the terrorists who have already been ravaging entire Poonch, murdering, raping, and cutting the ears of the local population.

This certainly also disprove the propaganda of the enemies of Jammu and Kashmir, and its people, that it was the armed forces of the Maharaja which committed acts of genocide on the Muslims of Jammu. If for a national emergency, Maharaja could arm only 110 men because of Indian and Pakistani arms embargo, how could he commit the claimed acts? Hindu and Sikh migrants from West Punjab, and their actions are often misrepresented as those of Maharaja’s forces. To this day, not a single royal order enabling the acts of genocide has been presented.

The gods choose very few people, who are lucky enough, to stand firmly for the very foundations and soul of their civilization. The annals of Aryan civilization would always honour General Rajinder Singh like that of ancient Rome honour Publius Horatius for holding Sublician bridge saving the very soul of what it means to be a Roman.

As much as the following poem holds true for Horatius, it resonates with General Rajinder Singh and all our brave martyrs who fought for the root of our civilization and heritage:

"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."