KOLKATA — The month-long commemoration of the historic Battle of Walong reached its culmination on Thursday with wreaths being laid at the Walong War Memorial to honour the supreme sacrifice by Indian troops in the Sino-Indian War of 1962. A renovated War Memorial at Lama Spur was also inaugurated and thrown open to the public. Walong Day is observed by the Indian Army on November 14 every year to mark the raw courage displayed by a few hundred outnumbered, ill-equipped Indian soldiers against thousands of heavily armed combatants of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Apart from serving military personnel, government officials, veterans and the Next of Kin (NoK) of those who laid down their lives in the 27-day-long Battle of Walong, a large number of civilians had gathered to honour the bravehearts. Lt Gen K T Patnaik (Retd), governor of Arunachal Pradesh and Lt Gen A S Pendharkar, general officer commanding (GOC), Spear Corps, laid wreaths at the War Memorial and interacted with the NoK and veterans. According to an official, even as the PLA advanced towards Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, they came face-to-face with the 11 Infantry Brigade of the Second Infantry Division of the Indian Army. The...