NEW DELHI: The release of Farhan Akhtar 's '120 Bahadur' has once again brought the legendary Battle of Rezang La back into the national consciousness. As the film revisits an episode carved into Indian military history, this story goes far beyond cinema — it is a retelling of courage, cold winds, last bullets and men who refused to retreat. On 18 November 1962, in the bleak winter of the Sino-India War, 120 soldiers of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment — made up almost entirely of Ahir warriors — faced a Chinese assault nearly twenty-five times larger. The battalion held ground at Rezang La, at an altitude where even breathing is labour. They fought enveloped in snow, outnumbered in terrain that offered nowhere to hide. Although only a handful survived, they left behind a legacy immo

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