1962 war

Editor's note: This is an effort to remember the Indian soldiers who died in the 1962 war against China.

We invite their family members, friends, colleagues and others who knew them to send us their recollections about the martyrs. There will be a separate page for each person of the 1962  martyrs. Please send all materials to indiaofthepast@gmail.com. This is an ongoing effort, and information will be added as it becomes available to us.

From a search on the Internet several years ago, I was able to find a list of the the Indian soliders who died in the war. The list is attached here. It may be incomplete or incorrect - I have no way of verifying it.

More than 3,000 Indian soldiers died in this war - the table below states 3,137 Indian soldiers died.

The file included a graph that showed when the casulaties occured. This graph is reproduced below.

Editor's note: We want to to remember the soldiers of India's Armed Forces. We invite their family members, friends, colleagues and others who knew them to send us their recollections about their family members. There will be a separate page for each person. Please send all materials to indiaofthepast@gmail.com. This is an ongoing effort, and information will be added as it becomes available.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Brahmanand Avasthy

Name: Brahmanand Avasthy
Service:Army
Unit/Corps: 4 Rajput
Rank: Lieutanant Colonel
Service Nunber: IC-1070 
Born: 24 April year not available
Commissioned: not available
Recorded date of death: 21 November 1962

Contributions from family

Life and Fate: How the 1962 War tore a family

This is not a new story. This story is not one looking for sympathy or pity, as all of these days have been left far far behind. This is not a common story of the loss and desperation of a family but rather it is the story of a very brave woman's struggle with life and its vagaries, in face of a terrible calamity.