<p>New Delhi: A courageous warrior with "strategic brilliance", a "master of high-altitude warfare" who led multiple historic campaigns into the Tibet region is how senior army officers and military historians described the legacy of General Zorawar Singh on Friday.</p><p>On the occasion, it was also announced that a "chair of excellence" has been established in his honour at Delhi-based think-tank Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).</p><p>The "chair of excellence" has been established by Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment.</p><p>Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment and CLAWS hosted a symposium on the legendary military general's life and legacy at Manekshaw Centre at Delhi Cantonment.</p><p>The event got underway with a keynote address by Colonel of the Regiment of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles & Ladakh Scouts, Lieutenant General M P Singh, followed by presentations by a panel of speakers.</p><p>Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi is attended the event as a chief guest.</p>.Over Rs 2,500 cr financial liabilities to be transferred to Ladakh: J&K CM Abdullah.<p>Lieutenant General Singh in his keynote address said that General Zorawar's rise was "purely merit based".</p><p>He was a "military genius" who is known for his ability to conduct "high-altitude warfares", the officer said.</p><p>General Zorawar's saga is of courage and "strategic brilliance", he added.</p><p>The military experts, who addressed the gathering, described his campaigns in Tibet in the 19th century as one of the most "audacious and ambitious" military campaigns in history.</p><p>General Zorawar was a "master of high-altitude warfare" was the refrain at the symposium.</p><p>The military general was born in 1786 in Kehlur in Bilaspur, which falls in today's Himachal Pradesh.</p><p>His campaigns in Tibet took place in the first half of the 19th century.</p><p>CLAWS Director General, Lieutenant General Dushyant Singh (retd.), spoke about the establishment of the "chair of excellence".</p><p>He described General Zorawar as an "astute strategist" who was driven by an "unwavering will to achieve victory at any cost".</p>
<p>New Delhi: A courageous warrior with "strategic brilliance", a "master of high-altitude warfare" who led multiple historic campaigns into the Tibet region is how senior army officers and military historians described the legacy of General Zorawar Singh on Friday.</p><p>On the occasion, it was also announced that a "chair of excellence" has been established in his honour at Delhi-based think-tank Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).</p><p>The "chair of excellence" has been established by Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment.</p><p>Jammu and Kashmir Rifles regiment and CLAWS hosted a symposium on the legendary military general's life and legacy at Manekshaw Centre at Delhi Cantonment.</p><p>The event got underway with a keynote address by Colonel of the Regiment of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles & Ladakh Scouts, Lieutenant General M P Singh, followed by presentations by a panel of speakers.</p><p>Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi is attended the event as a chief guest.</p>.Over Rs 2,500 cr financial liabilities to be transferred to Ladakh: J&K CM Abdullah.<p>Lieutenant General Singh in his keynote address said that General Zorawar's rise was "purely merit based".</p><p>He was a "military genius" who is known for his ability to conduct "high-altitude warfares", the officer said.</p><p>General Zorawar's saga is of courage and "strategic brilliance", he added.</p><p>The military experts, who addressed the gathering, described his campaigns in Tibet in the 19th century as one of the most "audacious and ambitious" military campaigns in history.</p><p>General Zorawar was a "master of high-altitude warfare" was the refrain at the symposium.</p><p>The military general was born in 1786 in Kehlur in Bilaspur, which falls in today's Himachal Pradesh.</p><p>His campaigns in Tibet took place in the first half of the 19th century.</p><p>CLAWS Director General, Lieutenant General Dushyant Singh (retd.), spoke about the establishment of the "chair of excellence".</p><p>He described General Zorawar as an "astute strategist" who was driven by an "unwavering will to achieve victory at any cost".</p>