• In snowbound Ladakh, stands the Rezang La memorial inscribed with words from Lord Macaulay’s poem 
  • Horatius —  ‘How can man die better/ Than facing fearful odds/ For the ashes of his fathers/ And the temples of his gods’.
  • The memorial commemorates the heroic stand of Major Shaitan Singh, PVC, and the Ahirs of C Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment in the Indo-China War of 1962. Major Singh and his men, grossly outnumbered, were brutally massacred by the Chinese, and died following the orders, “You will fight till the last man and the last bullet”.
  • The National War Memorial, inaugurated in 2019, stands near India Gate, New Delhi. It has been built as a tribute to soldiers killed during the Indo-China War in 1962, the Indo-Pak Wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, the Kargil Conflict in 1999, and the Indian Peace Keeping Force Operations in Sri Lanka. It is designed in the 'Chakravyuh' formation and is spread over 40 acres.
  • The names of 25,942 war casualties have been inscribed on 16 walls. Adjacent to the main complex, the 21 recipients of the Param Vir Chakra are commemorated with a bronze bust.
  • It is open from 9 am to 6.30 pm (November to March) and from 9 am to 7.30 pm (April to October).