In the brutal winter of 1962, during the Indo-China War, Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat made a stand that turned into legend. While Indian troops were ordered to retreat from Arunachal Pradesh’s Nuranang sector, he chose to stay behind — alone. With only two local Monpa girls, Sela and Nura, helping reload rifles and create decoy firing positions, Jaswant Singh held off an entire Chinese battalion. His tactic? Keep firing from different locations to make the enemy think a full Indian unit was still active.

For the next 72 hours, he moved bunker to bunker, wounded but relentless. When the Chinese finally closed in and discovered it was just one soldier, they were stunned. According to military lore, they returned his body with a salute and even left a memorial at the battlefield, calling him the Lion of Nuranang. India awarded him the Maha Vir Chakra, and built Jaswant Garh, where even today, he is treated like a living soldier. His bed is made. His boots are polished. His uniform is ironed. Because in the Indian Army, Rawat never really left.

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