1. India controls the highest battlefield in the world, the Siachen glacier, at 5000 meters above Mean Sea Level.
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2. India has the biggest volunteer army in the world.
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3. Indian army is considered the very best in high altitude and mountain warfare.
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4. In the Battle of Longewala, on which the famous Bollywood movie ‘Border’ is based, there were only two casualties on the Indian side.
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5. Indian Army’s Opereation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried out in the world.
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6. The Indian Army has a horsed cavalry regiment, one of the last three remaining of such regiments in the world.
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7. The Indian Army built the highest altitude bridge in the world, the Bailey Bridge.
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8. Indian Army is the third biggest military contingent in the world next to USA and China.
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