Aleph Book Company 1962 (English, Hardcover, Verma Ashok Kalyan)
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Height
178 mm
Length
114 mm
Weight
185 gr
Title
1962
Imprint
Aleph Book Company
Publication Year
2026 August
Number of Pages
136
Product Form
Hardcover
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Height
178 mm
Length
114 mm
Weight
185 gr
Book Details
Title
1962
Imprint
Aleph Book Company
Publication Year
2026 August
Number of Pages
136
Product Form
Hardcover
Publisher
Aleph Book Company
Genre
History
ISBN13
9789365238334
Book Category
Social Science Books
BISAC Subject Heading
HIS027130
Book Subcategory
Society and Culture Books
Edition
1st
ISBN10
9365238331
Language
English
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"Major General Ashok Kalyan Verma, AVSM, was a soldier–scholar whose life embodied the Rajput Regiment’s finest traditions. Commissioned into 2 Rajput and later commanding 18 Rajput in 1971—winning the Battle Honour Akhaura—he combined battlefield experience with historical depth. The regiment’s sixth colonel, he remained its conscience and chronicler until his passing in 2015.
Born into an army family (his father, Major General Verma, was a captain with 2 Rajput in 1962), film-maker and military historian Shiv Kunal Verma has worked with all three arms of the Indian armed forces over the last two and a half decades. From flying extensively with the IAF while making Salt of the Earth and Aakash Yodha to the filming of the Naval Dimension and the Kargil War, Verma has had a ringside view of matters military. His film on the National Defence Academy—The Standard
Bearers—is considered a classic. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Northeast Trilogy (that documented the entire region and its peoples) and The Long Road to Siachen: The Question Why. His acclaimed works include 1962: The War That Wasn’t and 1965: A Western Sunrise."
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"On 20 October 1962, in the freezing valley of the Nam Ka Chu, 2 Rajput and other regiments faced impossible odds against a relentless Chinese assault. While Chinese troops occupied the commanding heights above the valley, Indian soldiers struggled with inadequate clothing, limited ammunition, and treacherous terrain. Yet, despite the disadvantages, the men of 2 Rajput, 7 Infantry, and 1/9 Gorkha Rifles stood their ground against overwhelming assaults from both front and rear. In 1962: Death Trap in Nam Ka Chu, Major General Ashok Kalyan Verma and Shiv Kunal Verma reconstruct one of the most devastating battles of the Sino-Indian War, and tell a story of tremendous courage, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds. Drawing on archival records and the writings of Major General Ashok Kalyan Verma, the book revisits the morning of one of the darkest days in India’s military history."
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Books
Country of Origin
India
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RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA
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RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA
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