About the Book: Hero Of Tiger Hill : Autobiography Of A Param Vir
I was not afraid of death. All I prayed for now
was to not die before winning back Tiger Hill for India.
On the night of 3 July 1999, Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, all of 19 years
old, was given a very crucial task along with the Ghatak Platoon of 18
Grenadiers Regiment - to capture the impenetrable Tiger Hill. Fresh after
capturing Tololing Hill, the Unit was high on josh, but also battered and
bruised.
Braving the inhospitable terrain, freezing cold weather and facing fierce enemy
fire, he was the first in this Ghatak