All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India
New Delhi: A museum dedicated to Army officer-turned-bureaucrat Major Ralengnao ‘Bob’ Khathing was inaugurated Thursday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang.
Singh also unveiled a statue of India’s first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel in the border district, which is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
A Naga from Manipur, Khating is best known for his expedition to the remote region of Tawang in 1951 that paved the way for its integration with the rest of India.
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Later, he served as Indian ambassador to Myanmar from 1972 to 1975. The Naga officer was decorated with Military Cross (MC), Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), and later with Padma Shri in 1957. Khathing...