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India Today,  July 19, 1999
July 19, 1999



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It's their War Too

Jagatsinghwala, Sriganganagar,Rajasthan
Jagatsinghwala, Sriganganagar,Rajasthan

81-year-old Gurdayal Singh fought in World War II, was a pow in Germany and resumed battle in Kashmir in 1948. "I wanted to do something for the jawans. Since I can't fight, I gave my month's pension." He travelled 65 km changing buses to hand over Rs 1,800 to the Kargil fund of a local paper. All the way lamenting Nehru's "original blunder" in Kashmir.

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