Jungles are very interesting landscape on planet. Lot of mountains, river passing through it, lot of small waterfalls, trees and wild animals makes it a must visit place for a traveler like me.
I was lucky enough that my train route was through, dense forest of madhya pradesh.
There were lot of trees and bushes covering the land and peak of mountains, small rain water cannals passing through these dense forest. You can also spot few human houses, indicating their presence in these deep jungles. Indian railway had done a remarkable job by making train routes through these forest.
One of the best thing about a train journey in india is that you can pass through these beautiful landscapes and can enjoy its uniqueness, quite safely and without paying any extra charges. The other way can be through national highways which passes through these jungles. It looks beautiful in rainy season, but its not recommendable to go there in jungle. So best time to go is in a sunny day.
After drifting for approximately thousand kilometers from Alwar, I have reached Longewala. This place romanticizes me allot. The battle of Longewala a legend in itself. It is located at 120 kms from city of Jaisalmer. Only way to reach this place is boulevard and if you are tourist then you have to hire a cab. Longewala is prevalent because of the illustrious skirmish tussled between India and Pakistan in 1971. The clash of Longewala is all about how hundred odd men clogged and overwhelmed approximately 2000 Pakistani legionnaires. This battle was all about the audacity, impetus, chauvinism and drive to prizefight exhibited by those eighty Indian warriors. This scuffle is one of my favorite scuffles, and whenever I come to this place, my mind start envisaging how horde of men repudiated the destiny. During the Indo-Pak war of 1971, A-Coy of 23 Punjab had taken up the defences at Longewala. The A-Coy company commander was Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri later on emer...







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