Gurbux Singh (Brigadier)
Gurbux Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Unknown Hadali, Punjab Province, British India |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/ |  Indian Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier |
| Unit | 48th Indian Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Division (India) |
| Commands held | 48th Indian Infantry Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Annexation of Goa 1962 Sino-Indian War |
| Relations | Unknown |
Brigadier Gurbux Singh (–2013) was an Indian Army General Officer who had fought in various wars such as the Annexation of Goa and was famed in his role in the 1962 Sino-Indian War and the retreat of the Bomdila Pass.
Military career[edit]
Brigadier Gurbax Singh joined the army during World War II, though his first job as Brigadier was to be the commander of the 48th infantry brigade, which had gone via Old Goa and Ponda to secure Panjim, although it had already been secured by Major General Candeth.[1]
During the 1962 Sino-Indian War, he commanded Bomdila, although was told it had no importance, political or military.[2] He needed at least 16 companies to defend the post but his troops were milked despite protests- he was left with only three.[3][4] B.M. Kaul refused to pay attention and the three companies had no resources; mortars, digging tools, mines, barbed wire or matches. [5][6] General Kaul then made a wrong decision to send Gurbax Singh's troops to Dirang Dzong, which ended in a failure as Major General Pathania had already evacuated the area and the relief column served no purpose.[7][8] General Kaul once again made them evacuate to Rupa and another company was sent on the road to Bhutan.[9][10] When he left for Rupa, he found out that some 200 hundred of his troops were still holding out in Bomdila.[11] In Rupa, the defeated troops had reorganized and still had not received any reinforcements, the 6/8 Gorkha Rifles which was sent by Major Nahar Singh was massacred in the Tenga Valley.[12] At this point Brigadier Gurbux Singh shifted his troops to the other side of the Rupa Valley, and then to Chaku.[12][13] At that point almost all brigadiers were changed other than him for a last stand at Tezpur- but the Chinese did not advance further and went back to the McMahon Line.[14]
Henderson Brooks Report[edit]
He resigned from the Indian Army before the Henderson Brooks Report for unknown reasons.[15] The report was not released to the public, although it was leaked much later, after he had resigned from the Indian Army. Subsequent Governments have refused to declassify the report over the decades.[citation needed]
Death[edit]
He passed away in New Delhi.[16]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Faleiro, Valmiki (24 July 2023). Goa, 1961: The Complete Story of Nationalism and Integration. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5708-175-7.
- ^ "Battle of Rezang La: When handful Indian soldiers annihilated Chinese". Indian Defence Forum. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Clearing the air on the man who 'owned' half the Capital". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ verma, shiv kunal. "1962:The War That Wasn". dev.thecitizen.in. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Withdrawal from Bomdila". Hindustan Times. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Bomdila - Heroes of the Lost war of Bomdi-La". Facebook.
- ^ "Withdrawal from Bomdila". Hindustan Times. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Brigadier Samir (19 December 2013). Nothing But!: Book Three: What Price Freedom. Partridge. ISBN 978-1-4828-1625-9.
- ^ "Battle of Rezang La: When handful Indian soldiers annihilated Chinese". Indian Defence Forum. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Possible Indian Military Scenarios - Part VII - Page 6 - Bharat Rakshak". forums.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Hoffmann, Steven A. (20 April 2018). India and the China Crisis. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-30172-6.
- ^ a b SINGH, MAJOR GENERAL V. K. (1 February 2022). Signals In The 1962 War. Zorba Books. ISBN 978-93-93029-42-3.
- ^ Kaul, B. M. The Untold Story.
- ^ Singh, Harbakhsh (2000). In the Line of Duty: A Soldier Remembers. Lancer Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7062-106-5.
- ^ "1962 War: The Chinese invasion – III". Indian Defence Review. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-jalandhar/20131230/282153584114166. Retrieved 9 April 2024 – via PressReader.
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