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A Talent for War - The Military Biography of Lt Gen Sagat Singh (Hardcover)
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A Talent for War - The Military Biography of Lt Gen Sagat Singh (Hardcover)
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Lt Gen Sagat Singh is unarguably the only military genius post
independence India has produced. He commenced his military career
through humble beginnings in the Bikaner State Forces with only a
smattering knowledge of English. At the outbreak of World War 2 he
was commissioned as an officer and served in the Middle East with
his Battalion and on staff. By the time the War was over he was the
only officer to have done two staff courses, including the
prestigious course at Quetta. On being absorbed into the Indian
Army after Independence, he was transferred to 3rd Gorkha Rifles,
where he commanded two battalions. He was given command of the Para
Brigade on promotion and led it in the Goa Operations with aplomb.
He was primarily responsible for liberating this Portuguese Colony.
Sagat's drive and energy stood out. On promotion as Major General,
he commanded 17 Mountain Division in Sikkim, where in 1967, in a
bloody skirmish which lasted several days, he gave the Chinese a
bloody nose, proving that the Indian Army was no pushover. That
year he was transferred to Shillong and tasked to curb the Mizo
Insurgency. In two years he succeeded in doing so effectively. In
1970, he was promoted to Lt Gen and given command of 4 Corps. It
seemed his whole life was geared to leading a Corps into battle. In
1971, in a major logistic achievement he moved and staged his Corps
at Agartala. When operations commenced to liberate Bangladesh, his
Corps relentlessly attacked and defeated Pakistan forces, crossed
river lines and terrain considered impassable. His innovative use
of helicopters has never been repeated. His is the only example in
the Indian Army of a successful corps level campaign, which can
stand out historically. His knowledge of the operational art was
perhaps without parallel. He retired in Dec 1974 and settled down
in Jaipur, where till his death in 2001, he tried to ameliorate the
lives of ex-servicemen and his people. His achievements were
recognised by the Government of Bangladesh, when the President,
publicly and formally honoured his son and daughter-in-law in Mar
2013.
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