Mandeep Singh

The author is an Army veteran who has experienced change and uncertainty for close to three and a half decades in the Olive Greens. He began to prepare a life outside the Army well before he hung up his uniform and now charts his own course in the civvies street. A postgraduate in Defence Studies, he also has an MBA and is pursuing MPhil. Additionally, he is fluent in six languages and an avid reader of history. He has authored two books – on the Fort William of Calcutta and History of Air Defence Artillery. He is now in the process of completing his next book ‘From PRead More...

Published Books 2
Short Stories 0

Battle of Amritsar Radar

Books by Mandeep Singh

During the 22 day September War of 1965, India had a solitary Ground Control Interception radar in the Western Sector, a P-30(M) radar deployed near Amritsar. Realising its importance, Pakistan Air Force subjected it to repeated attacks, hoping to put it off the air. Defending it was an Air defence Battery equipped with 40mm L/60 Anti-Aircraft guns. It was the brave gunners, largely unfeted and uncelebrated, that stood between the Pakistan Air Force and their