All stories by Rachna Bisht Rawat
General Rawat: Simple Man With No Ego
Rediff.com16 Mar 2023'He was a sentimental man, but his commitment to the Olive Green always came before anything else, including his family.' A fascinating excerpt from Rachna Bisht Rawat's Bipin: The Man Behind The Uniform.
'Bahut bahaduri se lade aapke sahab'
Rediff.com17 Jan 2022'He destroyed many of our tanks, and finally, it was just the two of us left facing each other with our tanks just 200 m apart.' A tale of valour excerpted from Rachna Bisht Rawat's 1971: Charge Of The Gorkhas And Other Stories.
The courage of Captain Haneef, Vir Chakra, martyr at 25
Rediff.com23 Jul 2019'Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999. He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the IMA...'
Asal Uttar, The Battle That Changed The 1965 War
Rediff.com10 Sep 2015'News is rife that Pakistan will attack the next day. They have no idea that this is where they will take on the might of 1 Armoured Division of Pakistan in a three-day bloody battle that will be remembered in military history as the Battle of Asal Uttar.' Rachna Bisht Rawat salutes the brave men turned the tide of the '65 war.