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First Mobile Tower in Siachen Glacier

Mobile Tower

World’s first mobile tower at Siachen Glacier for high-altitude soldiers. Erected by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Siachen Warriors receive strong backing. The world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier in the Himalayan region of the eastern Karakoram range, is home to the world’s first mobile tower. On Thursday, the Fire and Fury Corps of the Indian … Read more

Missing soldier’s body found at Siachen glacier after 38 years

Siachen glacier

In 1984, Chandrashekhar Harbola and 19 others were caught in an avalanche in Siachen glacier. They were on a patrol operation near the Pakistan-India border. At least 10 Indian soldiers died in an avalanche in 2016 in 1984, Chandrashekhar Harbola and 19 others were caught in an avalanche while conducting a patrol operation in the … Read more

The Chumik operation

Chumik operation

One of the major disputes between India and Pakistan took place in April 1984 on the Siachen glacier in the Himalayas, which lies on the Line of Control between the two countries. The conflict began when the India Army airlifted trained soldiers into strategic positions over-looking key passes in a spur of the Karakoram Mountains … Read more