Did You Know That 233 Soldiers of The Indian Army Were Cordoned off for Almost Three Months Without Food in The Jungles of Africahow Did A Un Peacekeeping Mission Turn into A War for Dignity, A War for The Indian Tricolourthe Year Was 2000. Sierra Leone, in West Africa, Had Been Ravaged By Years of Civil Strife. With The intervention of The United Nations, Two Companies of The Indian Army Were Deployed in Kailahun As Part of A United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.soon, The Peaceful Mission Turned into A Warlike Standoff Between Major Punias Company and The Revolutionary United Front Ruf Rebels in Kailahun, With The Indian Peacekeepers Cordoned off for Seventyfive Days Without Supplies. The Only Way Home Was By Laying Down Their Weapons.operation Khukri Was One of Indian Armys Most Successful international Missions, and This Book is A Firsthand Account By Major Rajpal Punia, Who, After Three Months of Impasse and Failed Diplomacy, Orchestrated The Operation, Surviving The Ambush of The Ruf in A Prolonged Jungle Warfare Twice, and Returning With All 233 Soldiers Standing Tall. Product Description about The Author major General Rajpal Punia, Ysm, Has Served for Over Thirtyfive Years in The Indian Army. As The Orchestrator of Operation Khukri, The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa, General Punia Was Awarded The Prestigious Yudh Seva Medal By The President of India in 2002. damini Punia is A Proud Daughter of A Brave Soldier and Wife of an Engineer Group officer. She is The official Commentator At Rajpath for Indias Republic Day Parade.