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An alumnus of 24th NDA Course, Brig. Ashok Malhotra was commissioned in the 5th Gorkha Rifles on 9th February 1962. He saw front line action in the Indo-Pak wars in 1965 and 1971 (with 2/5 Gorkha Rifles) and was wounded in action in the 1965 war. He has served with 2/5 Gorkha Rifles during the Mizoram insurgency and with the Indian Military Training Team at Bhutan in 1972. Two tenures in Ladakh and Kargil motivated him to compile this history. Brig. Malhotra graduated from DSSC, Wellington in 1973 and has had varied experience: BM of an Infantry Brigade, AQMG at army Headquarters and Col GS (Plg) Combined Operations with the IPKF, Sri Lanka; he also commanded 3/5 Gorkha Rifles in the Rajouri Sector along the Line of control in J & K State and later, an infantry Brigade. He was nominated for the higher command course at College of Combat, Mhow and has also been a member of its faculty. As a Brigadier, he was Dy. MS at Headquarters Central Command. Brig. Malhotra retired in august 1997 from the Army as Commander of Bihar and Orissa Sub Area.