SUBEDAR JOGINDER SINGH'S DAUGHTER KULWANT KAUR TALKS ABOUT HER FATHER

The Sino-Indian War, a border conflict between India and China that took place in 1962 is considered to be one major reason that resulted in sweeping changes in the Indian military to prepare it for similar conflicts in the future. Even though this war had India on the receiving end, it did forge many heroes whose acts immortalised them in the annals of history. One such braveheart, who drove back the Chinese troops when they were heading to conquer Tawang on 23 October 1962 was Subedar Joginder Singh Sahnan who led his troops in the face of the enemy and fought until becoming wounded and later died in Chinese captivity.

Subedar Joginder Singh’s youngest daughter, Kulwant Kaur faced the camera and talked about his ‘Param Vir Chakra’ awardee father Subedar Joginder Singh for the first time and thanked the makers of the film ‘Subedar Joginder Singh’ for taking the initiative and showing his father’s courageous story on big screen.

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Film ‘Subedar Joginder Singh’ is being directed by Simerjit Singh and will have Gippy Grewal portraying the role of Joginder Singh on the big screen. This movie is going to be a high budget film as the dialogues and picturization is anticipated to be authentic to that in the era of 1962.

Subedar Joginder Singh was the hero of the 'Battle of IB Ridge' which Chinese troops wanted to capture at any cost. The ridge was quite steep and it was a daunting task for the Chinese as most of the troops were exposed to Indian guns. Subedar grabbed this opportunity with both hands and killed many Chinese while repulsing the two waves of aggression. After repulsing two waves of attacks, Joginder Singh ran out of ammunition. Chinese troops had taken over the communication network hence it was very difficult to supplement the troops.