Operation Vadhi Pahar information

Operation Vadhi Pahar
	Part of Insurgency in Punjab
Date	11–12 September 1991
Location	At Bolowali village in Majitha
Result	Indian Victory Seetal Singh Mattewal killed; Indian army suffers massive casualties;
Belligerents
Dashmesh Regiment	India Central Reserve Police Force; National Security Guard; Border Security Force; Punjab Police;
Commanders and leaders
Seetal Singh Mattewal †; Tarsem Singh †; Gurdial Singh †; Gurmukh Singh †; Gurnam Singh †	P. V. Narasimha Rao; Jagjivan Ram
Strength
5 Kharkus; Equipped with: 1 Dragnov Rifle; 1 GPM Rifle; 3 AK-47s;	12,000 army; Unknown amount of Bulletproof Tractors; Unknown amount of Chemical Bombs; Several mounted vehicles
Casualties and losses
All killed	"Thousands"; 4 Bulletproof Tractors destroyed

Operation Vadhi Pahar, also referred to as Bolowali Encounter was a military operation by the Indian army to kill Seetal Singh Mattewal on 11–12 September 1991. Even though Seetal Singh Mattewal was finally killed, the Indian army suffered heavy casualties and loss of vehicles. It took the Indian army between 30 and 48 hours to achieve success over 5 Sikhs.

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