Galwan Attack on 15 June 2020 : on this day Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel B Santosh Babu, were killed in violent clashes with Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, in what is possibly the worst incident between the two countries in decades. The clashes came amidst a “de-escalation” process in the Galwan area.
Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu MVC (13 February 1983 – 15 June 2020) was an Indian Army officer and the commanding officer of 16 Bihar Regiment.
He was killed in action during the 2020 China–India skirmishes, the first Indian Armed Forces commissioned officer since 1967 and among the first Indian soldiers to have been killed in action against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) since 1975.
He was posthumously decorated with India’s second-highest wartime gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra.
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The names of the Saptarshis are: Kashyapa, Atri, Vasistha, Vishvamitra, Gautama Maharishi, Jamadagni and Bharadvaja.
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