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Back to Previous SectionJASWANT GARH :
Jaswant Garh is located 14 km away from the famous Sela Pass, which is the gateway to the Tawang. Jaswant 
Garh, the war memorial raised to pay homage to Jaswant Singh Rawat, who along with two other soldiers, LNK Trilok Singh Negi and RFN Gopal Singh Gusain of the 4th Garwal Rifles bravely fought of the Chinese Army invading Tawang during the battle of Nuranang in 1962. Jaswant Singh received the Mahavir Chakra awarded by Government of India for bravery posthumously. The Chinese were so pissed at Jaswant Singh’s overtures that they beheaded him posthumously and carried away his head as a prized possession, the RFN had thus indented his mark in the history before he met the martyr's end.
