Of Matters Military - Pokhran to Siachen

<p>The designated role of an engineer regiment is to further the commander's plans by providing mobility to own forces by constructing bridges tracks helipads and breaching minefields; while denying the same to the enemy by creating obstacles such as laying mine-fields and demolition of bridges. However the ground situation is entirely different. Engineer regiments are regularly called upon to undertake tasks that can only be termed as unusual.</p><p><br></p><p>113 Engineer Regiment was raised in Nagaland on 01 Apr 1967. In addition to taking part in counter-insurgency operations and Indo-Pak War 1971 the regiment has earned laurels in a multitude of aid to civil authority tasks. However what sets this regiment apart are two unique achievements - sinking two deep shafts in Pokhran that facilitated India's entry into the exclusive thermo-nuclear club and provision of combat engineering support to operations in Siachen glacier with innovative expedients. </p><p><br></p><p>This book is a chronicle of the indomitable spirit tenacity and ingenuity of the one and only 113 Engineer Regiment.</p>