Jaisalmer War Museum

The Honor Walls at Jaisalmer War Museum with the names of Gallantry Award victors scratched for family.

The Jaisalmer War Museum was realized by Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding, Desert Corps and created by the Desert Corps of the Indian Army.

It was committed to the Nation by Lieutenant General Ashok Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, Indian Army, on 24 August 2015. The Museum shows war displays that incorporate vehicles and hardware caught over the span of tasks in 1965 and 1971. The Jaisalmer War Museum, prominently known as JWM, has an Honor Wall engraved with the names of the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra heroism grant victors, two enormous Information Display Halls - Indian Army Hall and Laungewala Hall, an Audio Visual Room, a keepsake shop and a cafeteria. A Hunter Aircraft of the Indian Air Force, which decimated adversary tank segments during the Battle of Laungewala is additionally shown.

The Jaisalmer War Museum is found 10 km shy of Jaisalmer on the Jaisalmer - Jodhpur Highway. The initiation of the Museum occurred in the Golden Jubilee Commemoration Year of the 1965 India Pakistan War.

Idea 

The Jaisalmer War Museum was conceptualized to show India's rich military history and grandstand genuine war endeavors as they occurred previously. The Jaisalmer War Museum means to advance more prominent familiarity with the penance made by saints of the Indian Army, specifically, and Indian Armed Forces all in all.

Sequence 

Establishing a War Museum at Jaisalmer in the province of Rajasthan was mooted by Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding, Konark Corps, with a view to exhibiting India's military history and wartime encounters. Jaisalmer area was picked for its rich military conventions and for being an observer to various fights including the popular Battle of Laungewala in 1971. The errand of developing and setting up the Jaisalmer War Museum on a region of level, fruitless ground, inside the Jaisalmer Military Station, was in this manner embraced by the Desert Corps of the Indian Army, under the direction of Lieutenant Mathews.

The Laungewala Hall 

The Hall grandstands the movement of the Battle of Laungewala as it occurred the evening of 4 December 1971. The Hall likewise shows Indian Army procedure on Eastern and Western Sectors during Indo-Pak War 1971. The 106mm RCL Gun showed in the Central Foyer had a fundamental job in halting the underlying protective layer ambush during the Battle of Laungewala.

Indian Army Hall 

The Indian Army lobby grandstands the wars battled in 1947-48, 1965 and 1999 (Kargil). The Hall additionally shows arms and ammo caught and gear utilized during different wars by the Indian Army. Different features of the job of the Indian Army in national improvement, fiasco help and help to common specialists are all around archived in the Indian Army Hall.

Gathering

The Museum has been generally welcomed by the neighborhood populace and the media. The gallery is open throughout the entire year. The section for the historical center is free. They screen a short narrative for which there is a passage expense. There is a cafeteria on the premises. A huge free stopping zone is likewise accessible.

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