Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's biggest strength was his fearless attitude in front of a much more powerful enemy. So were his brave military commanders. This story explains the courage of Maratha warriors in 20th century battles. The year was 1965 India-Pakistan war. The place was Pakistan's Sialkot sector. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and the rumble of tank wheels. This was the world's largest and most ferocious tank battle since World War II. India and Pakistan were facing each other on the Phillora and Chawinda battlefields in Pakistan. The enemy was advancing with its modern USA made cutting edge technology superior Patton tanks to crush the Indian army. But they did not know that an outstanding warrior was standing in front of them like a wall. Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burjoji Tarapore. The blood of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's commander flowed in the veins of this commander of the Poona Horse Regiment. That heroic legacy erupted like a volcano on the battlefield of 1965. The day was 11 September 1965. Lieutenant Colonel Tarapore advanced with his squadron of 'Centurion' tanks to capture Phillaura. Suddenly, the Pakistan army launched a surprise attack from Wazirwali. Mortar shells were coming from all sides. The death warrant was whistling past the ears. A bloody battle began. Tarapore was seriously injured at the beginning of the battle. His body was deeply wounded, his uniform was soaked in blood. His superiors ordered him to leave the battlefield and return for treatment. But is he an ordinary man of flesh and blood? He is a warrior as tough as steel! He made it clear, "I will not go anywhere without putting my sons to death." The deadly battle continued for six days. On September 14, the Indian army, under his leadership, captured Wazirwali. Jasoran and Butur-Dograndi were captured on September 16. He was a true messenger to the Pakistani army. With his outstanding tactics and bravery, the Indian army reduced about 60 Pakistani tanks to dust. The Patton tank force, the pride of Pakistan, turned into ruins. In return, India lost only 9 tanks. That cursed afternoon of September 16. The battlefield was somewhat quiet. Lieutenant Colonel Tarapore was standing on his favorite tank 'Khushab'. A cup of tea in his hand, his injured arm hanging from a sling. A strange calmness in his eyes, as if the satisfaction of completing some epic task. He was talking to an intelligence officer, perhaps about the next strategy. At that very moment, an enemy shell came flying through the sky. A direct hit hit his tank. In the blink of an eye, the light of a bright star in India went out. This hero sacrificed his life for the country with a cup of tea in his hand. While serving in the Nizam Shahi Force in Hyderabad, he retorted to a British officer, ‘You are insulting my country and my king’. At the age of 19, during training, he picked up a live grenade and threw it away to save his fellow soldiers. A piece of the grenade pierced his chest, but his courage did not diminish. When Hyderabad became a part of India after Operation Polo, he joined the Indian Army with a smile. He left the ultimate sign of that patriotism on Pakistani soil. After his death, he was awarded India's highest military honor, the 'Param Vir Chakra'. It is said that during his funeral, the Pakistan Army itself, forgetting the rules of war, stopped firing. Even the enemy was forced to acknowledge the bravery of this Indian hero that day. Ardesir Tarapoor is not just a name, he is a burning history of the Indian Army, one of the best in the world. They can win battles and the wars even without the best of technologies. Following the end of hostilities on 23 September 1965, India claimed to have held about 200 sq mi (Pakistan said 180 sq mi) of Pakistani territory in the Sialkot sector. The area returned to Pakistan after the signing of the Tashkent Declaration in January 1966. Picture source: Google / Respective rightful owner Battle of Chawinda - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chawinda
Yes, functional democracy needs dissent. There are multiple platforms to raise dissent including media. Social media and the Parliament. But a weak and misguided opposition which thinks violence as the first resort of visible dissent is symptoms of communist dictatorship and naxalite violence way of mobocracy.
In today’s scenario, a die-hard BJP supporter will try to raise issues like repeated federal exam paper leaks, Shri Ram Temple donation theft, pollution and corruption etc. but they will never abandon BJP. They know the political alternates are even worse or even horrible. The communists and naxalites who ruled Bengal for 50 years is surviving for existence in Bengal. The communists in Kerala is currently out of power but not out of race. This is a do or die situation for the communists now and their desperation is visible.
These communists and urban naxalites will keep hitting the road with one pretext on another. Farmers’ agitation, anti-Agniveer agitation against the new military recruitment plan, wrestler’s agitation and new CJP (Cockroach Janata Party) agitation in June-July 2026. Do you remember large scale sudden burst of violence and burning of buses and trains in Bihar in June 2022? Vehicles and properties worth Rs 100 crore were burnt. The agitation was sponsored by the communists, RJD and congress. But the November 2025 Bihar election and the success of young Agniveer soldiers during ‘Operation Sindoor’ in May 2025 proved that violent agitation and destruction of public property do not make a political party gain mileage and win elections.
Looking at the current CJP agitation at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and brutal attack attempt on Parliament on 20 July 2026 clearly indicates the violent youths were neither NEET student aspirants nor normal students. They were well organised communist and naxalite goons who wants to destroy public property to weaken India economically. Their modus of operandi clearly indicates that they are leftists, communists and librandµs who simply hate Modi and BJP. A graffiti appeared at the police clash site called BJP/Modi as fascist. This clearly indicates the rioters were communists because anybody they don’t like are being branded as fascists and Hitler. This is a typical communist mentality.
Writing provocative and abusive wall graffiti and damaging public is the style of naxalites
These communists destroyed the economy of Bengal and now coming to Delhi and North India using JNU leftist students (read Bengali communists), AAP political party and NDTV leftist media. Arvind Kerjiwal is a naxalite and the entire AAP leadership is naxalites who are on the payroll of foreign agencies and NGOs like George Soros’s Open Society Foundation and Ford Foundation. Kerjiwal is facing difficulties and legal issues and hence their foreign masters are creating a new set of naxalites under a new name. What happened near the Parliament on 20 July 2026 is not dissent but violent mobocracy – a perfect sudden violence whcih can shake the government.
The congress was different and Modi / Amit Shah is different. Hence these violent tricks will not work. These leftists, communists, urban naxals and librandµs who are taking support from the Islamists and jeh@di goons will not be able to harm Modi government this way. They have failed in Bihar after anti-Agniveer agitation and they will fail again.
CJP people are not cockroaches but they are poisonous snakes and B-team of AAP.
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