On the 59th anniversary of the battle of Rezang La, in which troops from 13 Kumaon led by Major Shaitan Singh defeated many waves of the Chinese army during the 1962 war, India will unveil a newly revamped war memorial, which will be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.The anniversary of the famous, legendary battle is celebrated on November 18.The Rezang La war memorial in the Eastern Ladakh sector was a small one, and it has now been expanded. It will now be much bigger than before and will be on the tourist map of the Ladakh union territory,” Indian Army officials said.The defence minister will be inaugurating the war memorial on November 18 along with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, who will be accompanying him there, they said.The defence minister will be visiting Leh on November 18, and from there, he will visit Jhansi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be taking part in the closing ceremony of the Rashtriya Raksha Samarpan Parva on the 193rd birth anniversary of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.A major three-day event involving the defence forces, along with a defence equipment display, will be held from November 1719.
