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Nation remembers Hero of Chhamb, Gen Iftikhar

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December 10, 2021
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Hero of Chhamb, General Iftikhar Janjua, who inspired his troops to continue fighting in the 1971 War, is being remembered by nation.

Iftikhar Janjua was a brilliant and charismatic leader who inspired his troops to continue to fight.

He was leading from the front for which General Iftikhar Janjua is remembered even today by the troops who served 23rd Division during the Battle of Chhamb.  In the 1971 War, Gen Iftikhar Janjua was divisional commander of 23 Infantry Division. He was assigned the task of capturing Chhamb, a strategically important town in Kashmir, which turned out decisive victory for Pakistan on the Kashmir front of 1971.

The fighting around Chhamb was fierce and took toll on both the advancing Pakistani troops and the fiercely resisting Indian regiments. Although Gen Iftikhar Janjua was advised by the high command to try to take Chhamb from the south. He said it was better to take Mandiala bridge, his troops would outflank the Indians eventually forcing them out of Chhamb and all the area west of Tawa.

After intense fighting, Mandiawala was captured, then Pallanwala and Chak Pandit, and on 9th December 1971, the first Pakistani troops entered the surrounding area around Chhamb under the personal supervision of General Iftikhar Janjua. In the middle of fighting around Chhamb, on 9th December 1971, General Janjua was martyred when his OH-13S (Sioux) light helicopter, in which he was travelling on to coordinate and position his troops, was attacked.

His helicopter was shot down by an Indian shoulder-mounted weapon. He was badly burned and evacuated to the Combined Military Hospital Kharian Cantt. Iftikhar Khan Janjua Road is named after him in Rawalpindi Cannt.

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