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{{Short description|Indian general (1923–2018)}} | |||
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::"Third, the Pakistanis has secretly raised a second armoured division while India had only one then...The Pakistani armoured division which was to break through at Khem Karan was totally destroyed by an Indian armoured brigade consisting of one Centurion regiment, one regiment of Sherman Mark IV tanks and another with up-gunned Shermans. The Sherman tanks were of World War II vintage. This happened because of the superior tactical skills of officer and men of the Indian Army. That battle was crucial in the sense if India had lost it the fate of the subcontinent would have changed...The country has to be overly grateful to the officers and men of that armoured brigade." | ::"Third, the Pakistanis has secretly raised a second armoured division while India had only one then...The Pakistani armoured division which was to break through at Khem Karan was totally destroyed by an Indian armoured brigade consisting of one Centurion regiment, one regiment of Sherman Mark IV tanks and another with up-gunned Shermans. The Sherman tanks were of World War II vintage. This happened because of the superior tactical skills of officer and men of the Indian Army. That battle was crucial in the sense if India had lost it the fate of the subcontinent would have changed...The country has to be overly grateful to the officers and men of that armoured brigade." | ||
*Extract from The Indian Express New Delhi Friday 19 December 2003 Page 9 "Last Salute to the lion of 1965" (Lt. Gen Joginder Singh Dhillon; 1914–2003, Obituary) describes the result of Maj Gen Jetley's endeavours in the unglamourous field of defence research and development,<ref> | *Extract from The Indian Express New Delhi Friday 19 December 2003 Page 9 "Last Salute to the lion of 1965" (Lt. Gen Joginder Singh Dhillon; 1914–2003, Obituary) describes the result of Maj Gen Jetley's endeavours in the unglamourous field of defence research and development,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/37534/|title=Last salute to the lion of 1965|website=Indian Express}}</ref> | ||
{{cquote|It is not possible to describe this 17-day war here but the decisive tank battle of Assal Utar, near Khem Karan, on September 10 does bear telling. Indian units hid their Sherman tanks 500 meters apart in a U-shaped formation in tall and unharvested sugarcane fields, and snared the enemy's vastly superior Patton tanks into this ambush, annihilating them to the last tank and deciding the outcome of the war. The destruction of Pakistan's armored pride and the casualties it suffered...}} | {{cquote|It is not possible to describe this 17-day war here but the decisive tank battle of Assal Utar, near Khem Karan, on September 10 does bear telling. Indian units hid their Sherman tanks 500 meters apart in a U-shaped formation in tall and unharvested sugarcane fields, and snared the enemy's vastly superior Patton tanks into this ambush, annihilating them to the last tank and deciding the outcome of the war. The destruction of Pakistan's armored pride and the casualties it suffered...}} | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
[[File:Ranjit Lal Jetley Chartered Quality Institute certificate.jpg|thumb|right|Certificate to prove Jetley as founder member of CQI]] | [[File:Ranjit Lal Jetley Chartered Quality Institute certificate.jpg|thumb|right|Certificate to prove Jetley as founder member of CQI]] | ||
Jetley was the founder member of [[Chartered Quality Institute]]. He died in March 2018 at the age of 95.<ref> | Jetley was the founder member of [[Chartered Quality Institute]]. He died in March 2018 at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=jetley&SurnameGrants=jetley&YearOfDeath=2018&YearOfDeathGrants=2018&IsGrantSearch=True&IsCalendarSearch=False#wills|website=GOV.UK|title=Find a Will: Ranjit Lal Jetley}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* The Economic Times | * {{cite journal|journal=The Economic Times|edition=New Delhi|date=6 September 1995|page=7|title=The First War with Pak|first= K. |last=Subrahmanyam}} | ||
{{Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)}} | {{Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)}} | ||
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[[Category:People from Rawalpindi District]] | [[Category:People from Rawalpindi District]] | ||
[[Category:Punjabi people]] | [[Category:Punjabi people]] | ||
[[Category:Punjabi Hindus]] | |||