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Indian Army Exercise Parvat Prahar

General Manoj Pande, the head of the army, reviewed Exercise Parvat Prahar in the Ladakh area. The Army's most recent significant inductions were deployed during the exercise. Continue reading to learn more about the event.

Parvat Prahar Exercise is a 20 day long exercise routine conduced by Indian Army to undertake disengagement from Patrolling Point 15 in eastern Ladakh. This exercise was held at a height of 14,000 feet and it used all newly terrain vehicles transported by Chinook heavy lift helicopters and K9 Vajra howitzers. The exercise featured the activation of all significant new Army inductions.

According to a September 8 announcement, the drill takes place as India and China prepare to withdraw at Patrolling Point-15 in eastern Ladakh. On the west front, Operation Gagan Strike came to a close simultaneously with a firepower show of assault helicopters supporting Strike Corps’ deep operations. The Western Commander said on Twitter that Lt. Gen. Nav K. Khanduri, the commander of the Western Army, who was present for the climax, praised the combat troops’ professional preparation for eventualities on the western front.

Key takeaways

  • General Manoj Pande, the head of the army, reviewed Exercise Parvat Prahar in the Ladakh area.
  • The exercise featured the activation of all significant new Army inductions.
  • According to a September 8 announcement, the drill takes place as India and China prepare to withdraw at Patrolling Point-15 in eastern Ladakh. 
  • The Indian Army claimed that General Pandey addressed the commanders on the operational readiness on the field when he was there and saw a war scenario dubbed Abhyas Parvat Prahar.
  • The central element of the Armed Forces of India is the land-based Indian Army. 
  • The Indian Army was established in its current incarnation on February 26, 1950.

About Exercise Parvat Prahar

  • The Army’s most recent significant inductions were deployed during the exercise.
  • The practice took place at 14,000 feet on the plateau of Ladakh.
  • The army took advantage of recently introduced all-terrain vehicles that were delivered, among other things, by K9-Vajra howitzers and Chinook heavy-load helicopters.
  • Artillery weapons and other critical military systems demonstrated their operational capabilities during the drill.
  • The drill is taking place as China and India are preparing to withdraw from PPoint-15 in eastern Ladakh.

About Patrolling Points

PPs are patrolling sites designated and labelled on the LAC and patrolled by security personnel at specific intervals.

They operate as markers of the degree of “actual control” held on the region by India and act as a guide for the soldiers to find the LAC.

The Indian army is capable of establishing and enforcing its physical claim on the LAC by routinely patrolling up to such PPs.

All About Indian army Exercise Parvat Prahar

  • The Indian Army’s One Strike Corps is leading this exercise called Parvat Prahar.
  • By September 12, all temporarily erected structures along the Indo-China boundary will be destroyed.
  • This was determined during the recent military leaders’ conference between the two nations.
  • The process of dissolution in the area began at 8:30 am on Sept 8 and would be finished by September 12, according to the agreement.
  • The attacking corps means that even if China and perhaps Pakistan decide to intervene, they would first enter and eliminate the threat.
  • The Indian Army’s Parvat Prahar exercise lasts 20 days.
  • The exercise comes as India and China announced their withdrawal from Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15) on the east side of Ladakh on September 8.
  • This dissociation procedure includes the 16th round of talks between the Regimental Commanding officers of India and China, which took place on July 17, 2022, at the Chushul Moldo meeting spot.
  • The Indian Army is expected to withdraw its soldiers from the above location toward Karam Singh Hill. In contrast, the Chinese Army is expected back to Chinese territory there in the north.
  • The drill used Chinook heavy-load aircraft and all-terrain vehicles carried by K9-Vajra howitzers.

Chief General Manoj Pandey had seen the conflict in eastern Ladakh earlier in the day. According to a September 8 announcement, the drill occurred as India and China prepared to withdraw from P-Point-15 in the east of Ladakh. As in the Gogra Heights-Hot Springs region along the LAC on the first day of his two-day tour amid the continuing disengagement with China. On the third day of the withdrawal process between China and India in the Gogra Heights-Hot Springs region, the Army Chief visits the Ladakh sector.

The Abhyas Parvat Prahar

The Indian Army claimed that General Pandey addressed the commanders on the operational readiness on the field when he was there and saw a war scenario dubbed Abhyas Parvat Prahar. According to officials, they talked with the troops and expressed gratitude for their professionalism and perseverance throughout the tour.

The Corps Commanding officers of India and China agreed to tear down the temporary building put up by each side at the 16th round of negotiations, which took place at the Chushul Moldo meeting location on July 17, 2022.

The Indian Army

The central element of the Armed Forces of India is the land-based Indian Army. The Supreme Leader of the Army of India is still the President. A four-star general serving as  (COAS) Chief of Army Staff leads the Indian Army professionally. The Indian Army was established in its current incarnation on February 26, 1950.

After a breakthrough in the last round of military discussions between the two sides four days ago, Indian and Chinese forces will complete their pullout from the Gogra-Hotsprings region at Patrol Point 15 in eastern Ladakh on Monday. On Monday, army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said that the Indian and Chinese military disengagement from Patrolling Point 15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings region of eastern Ladakh was “going as planned.”

The withdrawal process began on September 8, 2022, after the two parties released a joint statement declaring that a resolution had been achieved in the 16th round of the India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting, which was held on July 17, 2022. The discussions were a significant step forward in the current military stalemate between the two countries along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The Chinese and Indian forces at PP-15 are also “disengaging in a synchronised and planned manner, which is favourable to the peace in the border regions,” according to the statement.