The Meghdoot Force: A Legendary Beginning for India’s Special Forces

In the summer of 1965 the situation in Kashmir looked grim. Pakistan’s Operation Gibraltar had sent scores of insurgents over the Cease‑Fire Line, and New Delhi’s orders were to stay defensive. Among the staff officers listening to the casualty reports was Major Megh Singh Rathore, a lean Rajput from Rajasthan with the wiry moustache of a cavalryman and the […]