‘Xi Jinping Will Not Forget June 16 Any Time Soon’: Ex-Army Chief Gen Naravane on Galwan Valley Clash
Recounting India’s response to the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh in 2020, former Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane pointed out China’s “wolf-warrior diplomacy” and “salami-slicing” tactics with impunity browbeating smaller neighbours and said that it took the Indian Army to show to the world that “enough is enough” and challenge the “neighbourhood bully”. In his memoir ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, Naravane, providing a rare insight into the deadly Galwan Valley clashes, says Chinese President Xi Jinping will not forget June 16 any time soon as China’s People’s Liberation Army suffered “fatal casualties” for the first time in over two decades in the fighting. Naravane, one of the foremost Army Generals, provided a gripping account of the India-China confrontation before and after the deadly Galwan Valley incident, India’s overall response to the Chinese action and how it served as a catalyst to firm up the Army’s combat readiness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “It was one of the saddest days of my entire career,” says Naravane, recalling the death of 20 Army personnel …