Brig. Pritam Singh is an Indian Army Officer, born in Dina Village in Ferozpur, Punjab, India. He fought in the battle in Singapore in 1942. After the war, he promoted to Lt. Colonel. In 1947, he fought against Pakistan in Poonch.
Brigadier Pritam Singh ji who is known as the saviour of the Poonch Jammu and Kashmir. He saved the Poonch from Pak. He saved the thousands of Hindus and Sikhs refugees of Pak occupied Kashmir. When KABAILIS with the help of Pak army attacked the Poonch and Kashmir he protected the Poonch and many lives.
Military operations took place in Poonch district, then part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, in 1948 during the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir between the Indian Army and Pakistani and Azad Kashmir rebel forces.
Poonch withstood a siege by these forces from November 1947 until relieved by an Indian offensive, Operation Easy on 20 November 1948.
The besieged garrison, commanded by Brig. Pritam Singh, was maintained by air supply. Military operations ended with Poonch town and the eastern part of Poonch district in Indian hands and western part of the Poonch district in Pakistani hands.
As a mark of respect, his photo is displayed in every home of Hindus and Sikhs of Poonch.
My regards, respect and salute to the BRAVE HERO OF THE WAR OF THE POONCH who defeated the Pak Army then.
ER SURAJ MOTTAN
-A TEACHER, A MOTIVATOR, A SOCIAL ACTIVIST, A BLOGGER, A YOUTUBER-
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