Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans celebrated as India turned 75 at the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh.
Twenty Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the Army in keeping the Chinese troops at bay in Eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley and Gogra Hot Springs during clashes along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) last year, were awarded gallantry medals ahead of Independence day.
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The Galwan Valley clash of June 15, 2020, was the deadliest between Indian and Chinese troops along the LAC in more than five decade.