'Saving Srinagar': The gallant Indian Brigadier and Lt Col who thwarted the invasion of J&K
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Around 500 lightly-armed Indian soldiers were all that stood between Srinagar and the Pashtun lashkars, backed by the Pakistani Army with men and material, as they closed in on Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital on October 27, 1947. However, their courageous commander's decisive action stopped the invaders dead in their tracks.