EXCEPTIONAL MILITARY LEADERS

The IADN Has Gone A Long Way In Collecting Insights On Military History. The Section Is An Effort To Come-Up With Heard And Unheard Stories Of Exceptional Military Leadership Which Has Inspired Generations Of Military Hierarchy. We Believe These Stories Will Help In Inspiring And Imparting Basic Leadership Ethos In The Readers Across The Domain. Making Sure These Legends Never Fade Away.

Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik

Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik

IADN Editorial TeamNov 18, 20232 min read

Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik was born on 15th January 1977 in Pogarwadi in the city of Satara in Maharashtra. Son of a dairy farmer, Shri Madhukar Ramchandra Ghorpade and Smt Kalinda, he grew up under the care of his maternal grandparents. He joined IMA Dehradun as part of 103-Regular Course and passed out as a 2nd Lieutenant in December 1998 at the age of 21 years. After passing out, he…

Special Forces Officer Capt. Rakesh TR Saved PM Modi’s life and hundreds of fellow citizens

Special Forces Officer Capt. Rakesh TR Saved PM Modi’s life and hundreds of fellow citizens

Shantanu K. BansalJan 26, 20232 min read

In a Daring Act This Special Forces Officer Saved PM Modi’s life and hundreds of fellow citizens. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit Jammu for a Public Rally on 24 April 2022. Amid heightened security for the visit, inputs of likely fidayeen attack on rally were…

Remembering Major Mohit Sharma AC SM on his 45th birth anniversary

Remembering Major Mohit Sharma AC SM on his 45th birth anniversary

IADN Editorial TeamJan 13, 20232 min read

Bravery came easy to Major Mohit Sharma. Decorated twice in the very beginning of his career for gallantry, before attaining Veergati. The Para Special Forces officer is a legendary figure in military circles for carrying out one of the most sophisticated and deep undercover operations in the modern military history…

Maj. Ralengnao ‘Bob’ Khathing played an an instrumental role in integrating Tawang with India without firing a “single bullet”

Maj. Ralengnao ‘Bob’ Khathing played an an instrumental role in integrating Tawang with India without firing a “single bullet”

IADN Editorial TeamDec 24, 20229 min read

India history has either been written by our colonizers or servile stooges of the British who have done all that they could to undermine us as a civilization, as well as a nation-state. For instance, this article talks about how India took control over Tawang in the year 1951, and how…

Remembering Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

Remembering Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

IADN Editorial TeamDec 15, 20223 min read

On this day in 1971 Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon sacrificed his life while defending the Srinagar air base. On 14 December 1971, Srinagar airfield was bombed and strafed by 06 Pakistani F-86 Sabre aircraft. The pilots at readiness were Flight Lieutenant Ghumman and Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh…