INDIAN ARMY FACTS

                                 INDIAN ARMY FACTS

 1. India controls the highest battlefield in the world. The Siachen Glacier , at 5000 metres above mean sea level.

2. India has the biggest 'voluntary' army in the world.

3. Indian Soldiers are considered among the very best in high altitude and mountain warfare.

4. India covertly tested its nuclear arsenal in the early 1970's and late 1990's without the CIA even knowing what was happening.

5. Unlike other Government organisations and institutions in India, there are no provisions for reservations based on caste or religion.

6. In the Battle of Longewala fought in December 1971 between India and Pakistan, on which the famous Bollywood movie, ' Border' is based, there were only two casualities on the Indian Side.

7. Operation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried in the world. It was done to evacuate the affected by the  floods in Uttrakhand in 2013.

8. The Indian Army has a horsed cavalry regiment.It is among one of the last 3 such regiments in the world.

9. The Indian Army built the highest bridge in the world.The Bailey Bridge in the Ladakh Valley  between Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains. It was built in August 1982.

10. The Military Engineering Services(MES) is one of the biggest construction agencies in India.