Chandrashekhar Harbola

38 Years On, Haldwani Soldier’s Body Reaches Home; Family In Tears

  Shanti Devi is overwhelmed with mixed feelings of joy and renewed pain as she receives the mortal remains of her husband, an Indian Army soldier, 38 years after he went missing in Siachen, the Himalayas. The 64-year-old ‘Veer Naari’, as widows of Army men are known, was just 26 when she received the tragic […]

U’kahnd: 38 Years On, Operation Meghdoot Martyr’s Body Found

The body of Haldwani resident, Chandrashekhar Harbola, a martyr in 1984 ‘Operation Meghdoot’ in which the Indian Army captured Siachen Glacier, has been found after 38 years. The family of the martyr, who was just 28-year-old, went missing during the landmark operation. Shanta Devi (64), the wife of Harbola, who broke down after hearing the […]