Unfortunately, most of the subsequent records relied heavily on the accounts of those who ran, their coloured accounts also determining the gallantry awards that were subsequently handed out. By the time those who fought and survived returned from Chinese captivity, no one was interested in their version of what happened. Lieutenant Colonel Rikh, for example, after his repatriation from China, had recommended Major B. K. Pant for a Param Vir Chakra. The citation was ignored as ‘the file was closed’. The same was the case with Lieutenant Bikram Singh of 6 Kumaon in the Walong Sector where his
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