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Tag: Indian Army Benefits

Posted inIndia, South Asia

Forgotten families of those killed on duty

by Colonel Vembu Shankar March 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Soon after hanging up my uniform following 21 years of service in the Indian Army, I began to wonder about the families of soldiers who died on duty, but not in battle. Families of soldiers killed in action have been well cared for since the Kargil war in 1999, but what happens to the others? To […]

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