These are all the images I have. Col. Adhau is neither a professional botanist nor a photographer. He took these photos while on an Army commemorative expedition of Op Vijay.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > Please post close up images of flowers and leaves also. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> P{leasew post different sps. in separate mail. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM vikram jit singh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Mr. Garg, >>> >>> Could the members of the esteemed group assist in the ID of these alpine >>> flowers from the wartime site of Sando Top, which lies to the east of >>> Tiger Hill, in the Drass LoC sector. The altitude is about 13,900 feet and >>> is a restricted area. >>> >>> The photos were taken by Col. (Dr.) Rajesh Adhau, Sena Medal >>> (Gallantry), who was the RMO for the 13 JAK Rifles (Bravest of the Brave) >>> infantry battalion during Op Vijay, 1999. Adhau had gone on a commemorative >>> expedition to the high-altitude battlefields of Kargil in the first two >>> weeks of July 2025. >>> >>> With warm regards & best wishes, >>> >>> Vikram Jit Singh. >>> >>> Chandigarh. >>> >>> (M: 9814019356) >>> >>> >>> Golf Columnist, Defence reportage and Wildlife Correspondent: >>> >>> >>> *The Times of India* at Chandigarh (India). >>> >>> >>> >>> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Vikram-Jit-Singh-479202495.cms >>> >>> >>> >>> Sunday Wildbuzz Columnist at the *Hindustan Times, *Chandigarh, since >>> January 8, >>> 2012, published episodes: 698. >>> >>> >>> Columnist on Security / Terrorism / Regional Geopolitics >>> >>> At *Moneycontrol.com* >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.moneycontrol.com/author/vikram-jit-singh-37567/#google_vignette >>> >>> >>> War correspondent at The Cliffs of Kargil, 1999 >>> >>> Line of fire CI-OPs / CT Ops reporter, *The Indian Express*, at >>> Srinagar, 1997-1999; *India TV*, at Srinagar, 2004 >>> >>> >>> 1. My first-hand account of duels of artillery barrages that I witnessed >>> at super-high altitudes, by way of a designated chapter in: *WITH >>> HONOUR AND GLORY --- **Five Great Artillery Battles, *authored by Maj. >>> Gen. AJS Sandhu (2021, Published by USI of India under the aegis of >>> Directorate of Artillery, Army HQs, Delhi) and that book embodies the >>> Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Vimy Ridge, Battle of Bir Hacheim, Battle >>> of Chhamb, Battles of Tololing & Tiger Hill: Kargil War. >>> >>> >>> 2. Author: *Flowers on a Kargil Cliff* --- *India's first war >>> correspondent in the line of fire in Kashmir & Kargil* (2024, Published >>> by The Browser / Fauji Days, Distributor: Simon & Schuster India) >>> >>> [image: FlowersonaKargilCliff1 (1).jpg] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALBm60DE3dkp%2BBwLfcv10RNHidB1oSEgL1in2jVt_oZSrEnZbg%40mail.gmail.com.
