TURMOIL in the valley in the 1990s

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Lt Gen Mohinder Puri, PVSM, UYSM (Retd)
was commissioned into the Third Gorkha Rifles
in June 1966, and is an alumnus of the National
Defence Academy, Pune. He has held various
command and staff appointments in the field and
at the Army Headquarters. In the Kargil War
1999, he commanded 8 Mountain Division
which spearheaded the Indian counter offensive
against Pakistan, capturing Tololing and Tiger
Hill which became household names during the
War. He superannuated in April 2006 as
the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff. He has
written a book Kargil: Turning the Tide which is
a first-hand account of the War.