Sneha Shekhawat is the 1st woman officer to lead a marching contingent twice on R-Day.
Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest honour in battle, for winning an epic battle in Pakistan. In a brilliant and gruesome assault, what he and his men achieved that September 50 years ago had never been seen before.
'I realised what a great leader he was by the way he took decisions to undertake the most-risky of missions.'
