To honour the 20 Indian soldiers, who died in the June 15 Galwan Valley clash with the Chinese Army, a memorial has been built at the unit level near the KM-120 post on the strategic road Durbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie in Ladakh, news agency ANI reported.

The memorial has the names of the 20 army personnel who died on the day and details of the incident that took place.

The operational details put on the wall reads, “On June 15, 2020, at Galwan Valley, Col B Santosh Babu Commanding Officer, 16 Bihar led the Quick Reaction Force of 16 Bihar and attached troops tasked to evict the PLA OP from Gen AY Nala and move to further to Patrolling Point 14.”

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It further says, “The column successfully evicted the PLA OP from Y Nala and reached PP 14 where a fierce skirmish broke out between the IA and PLA troops. Col B Santosh Babu led from the front and his troops fought gallantly in hand to hand to combat, causing heavy casualties to the PLA. In the ensuing fight twenty “Gallants of Galwan” achieved martyrdom.”

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India and China have been engaged in a border stand-off in eastern Ladakh since April-May over transgression by the Chinese Army at multiple locations and tensions between the countries escalated after the June 15 incident.