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India-China standoff- How Indian Army is preparing to take on China's PLA in Ladakh's snow clad mountains

Indian Army near Zojila mountain pass
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Indian Army near Zojila mountain pass

An Indian army soldier stands on a snow covered road after snowfall near Zojila mountain pass that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Border Roads Organisation at work near China border
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Border Roads Organisation at work near China border

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) clear a snow covered road at Sonamarg that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Eyeing the winter with the PLA
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Eyeing the winter with the PLA

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) clear a snow covered road at Sonamarg that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Ladakh holds the key
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Ladakh holds the key

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) stand after snowfall near Zojila mountain pass that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Border Roads Organisation at work near China border
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Border Roads Organisation at work near China border

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) use a machine to clear a snow covered road near Zojila mountain pass that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Snow covered bridge at Sonamar
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Snow covered bridge at Sonamar

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) clear a snow covered bridge at Sonamarg that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Winter is here!
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Winter is here!

Workers from Border Roads Organisation (BRO) clear a snow covered road at Sonamarg that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China.

Army Day
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Army Day

The Indian celebrates January 15 as Army Day as it was this day in 1949 when late Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa took over as the first commander-in-chief of the Indian Army from British General Francis Butcher in 1949.