MEMORIALS

Memorials of the Brave: The Tawang Memorial

Type: Physical memorial
Location: Tawang
Country: India

Added: 9/23/2005
Updated: -

Quoted from site: "The Tawang Memorial is dedicated to the 2420 martyrs killed in the Kameng sector during the 1962 Indo-China war. It was inaugurated on Nov 18, 1999, by GOC Eastern Command, Lt. Gen. H.R.S. Kalkat. It is nestled among the picturesque snow-capped peaks overlooking the imposing Tawang-Chu valley in Tawang."

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POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 9/23/2005