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Lieutenant colonel Arun Bhimrao Harolikar who was commanding a Battalion of the 5th Gorkha Rifles was given the
task of capturing an enemy position in the Eastern Sector. The enemy held a well fortified position with two companies covering
all approaches. When two assaulting companies were held up due to intense enemy file, Lieutenant Colonel Harolikar led the
remaining battalion into assault along a difficult a approach, behind the enemy , On the Objective , he personally took part
in hand to hand fighting and it was mainly due to him that the battalion captured the enemy .
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