AFVOA Newletters of Year 2003

Page 84 of 170 ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ Editorial Team Contributions/Assistance From Brig V A Subramanyam Tele: 2491 4776 Wg Cdr M E Muthu; Tele 2441 6289 Smt Chitra Rajan, 3100 6810 Col A Krishnaswami, VrC, VSM**; 2491 0290 AVM V krishnaswamy, VSM,; 2234 4434 Cdr S Mohan, 3103 5784 Lt Col VS Rajan, 2446 2636 Wg Cdr Ravi Mani Tele: Tele 2491 6705 ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ A rural Frenchman was on trial for killing his wife when he found her with a neighbour. Upon being asked why he shot her Instead of her lover, he replied, “Ah, m’sleur, Is It not better to shoot a woman once, than a different man every week?” PVC Winners 37. As mentioned earlier, brief accounts about Lt Col AB Tarapore, and CQMH Abul Hameed winners of the Param Vir Chakra during the 1965 operations are given below. IC-5565 Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore - 17th Poona Horse (posthumous) Date of Action: 15 October 1965 Place of Action: Phillora, Sialkot Sector, Pakistan Date and Place of Birth: 18 August 1923, Bombay, Maharashtra Commissioned: Into the Hyderabad State Forces, absorbed into the Indian Army in 1950 CITATION The biggest tank battle of the 1965 Indo-Pak War took place at Phillora in the Sialkot sector. During the southern thrust of the Indian Army on the Kaloi-Phillora axis the 17 Horse commanded by Lt. Colonel Tarapore advanced on the right flank. On 11 September 1965, the regiment was assigned the task of delivering the main armoured thrust for capturing Phillora. It decided upon launching a surprise attack on Phillora from the