The Assam Rifles marks its 189th Raising Day on 24 March. On the occasion we replug our series ‘East of the Northeast’ aired first in May 2023. In our ground report, StratNews Global travels along the Burma border in eastern Arunachal Pradesh from Pangsau Pass to Vijaynagar. Firstly, in this episode, we fly on board the lifeline provided by the Chinooks of the Indian Air Force’s Mighty Talons 124 Helicopter Unit to one of the eastern most inhabited areas and Advanced Landing Grounds of the country. En route and on location, Lt Gen P.C. Nair, Director General, Assam Rifles, Brig Swarn Singh, DIG, 25 Sector and Col Mohit Verma, Commandant, 19 Assam Rifles explain the strategic significance of how India discovered, secured and settled the critical Vijaynagar bowl.

Along The Burma Border In Arunachal Pradesh: Pangsau Pass To Vijaynagar
Our team of Amitabh P. Revi and Rohit Pandita travels to Dibrugarh, Lekhapani, Jairampur, Pangsau Pass, Jorhat, Chabua and Vijaynagar. We connect the dots of history to explain the critical importance of these littleknown border areas. We also document the pathbreaking Ledo or Stilwell road, the Pangsau Pass. And how NSCN and ULFA insurgents attacked the post there in the runup to Independence Day in 2022. We also revisit the Vijaynagar Bowl and the history of how two Assam Rifles expeditions, the second led by Brig (later) Major General) A.S.Guraya changed how history and geography are now, and how they fit into India’s ‘Act East’ policy.

Lt General Nair talks about the Assam Rifles response during the Manipur violence, the huge drug seizures from across the border, who is behind the upward trend in contraband smuggling, and illegal migration. Additionally, he also speaks about the general downward trend of insurgency, the role of external forces, the future role of the force he leads, and the situation across the Burma border.

Series links:
1. Documentary: Along The Burma Border In Arunachal Pradesh: Pangsau Pass To Vijaynagar
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2. "Insurgency Levels Down, Drug Smuggling Up; ₹ 810 Crore Of Transborder Contraband Seized in 2023" Lt Gen P.C. Nair Jorhat interview
   • "Insurgency Levels Down, Drug Smuggli...  
3. The Strategic Significance of Vijaynagar: Northeast's 'Siachen'
   • The Strategic Significance of Vijayna...  
Lt Gen P.C. Nair Vijaynagar interview

Chapters:
0:00 Along The Burma Border
0:30 Documentary replay
01:00 Assam Rifles Raising Day: March 24
01:30 2024: 189th Raising Day
02:00 Documentary first aired May 2023
02:30 Pangsau Pass To Vijaynagar
03:00 Securing the Vijaynagar bowl
03:45 India preempted China
04:20 Vijaynagar dagger
06:39 Daylight saving time
06:50 Pangsau Pass
07:30 World War II Cemetry
08:20 The 'Hump'
09:58 Chinese & Indians fighting on the same side
10:49 'Hell Pass'
12:10 'Lake of no return'
12:35 NSCN attack
13:20 Northeast's 'Siachen'
15:00 Gen Guraya Preempts China
17:00 Vijaynagar ALG
19:26 91yearold Lance Naik Tawang
20:55 Promises not met
21:10 Yobins & Gurkhas
21:45 Vijaynagar & China
22:58 Sentinels of the North East
23:10 DG Assam Rifles Interview
23:30 Assam Rifles Role
23:40 Series replay
23:50Assam Rifles Raising Day: March 24
24:00 2024: 189th Raising Day
24:10 First aired May 2023
25:00 Manipur
26:12 India Myanmar border
28:00 External player in Insurgency, contraband?
29:20 Illegal migration
31:15 Operation Sunrise & Kaladan
33:56 Future role Assam Rifles
35:10 Col Tripathi & family ambush
35:20 External hand & Lessons learned
36:38 Nagaland Mon civilian killings
38:21 AFSPA removal
40:21 Vijaynagar: Northeast’s ‘Siachen’
40:35 Series replay
40:45 Assam Rifles Raising Day: March 24
40:55 2024: 189th Raising Day
41: 05 First aired May 2023
41:15: DG Assam Rifles Interview
41:25 History and geography
43:30 Strategic importance Vijaynagar
44:03 China could have bypassed Brahmaputra
45:20 Chaukan, Hpungan Passes
46:48 Settling exservice people
48:09 India's Look/Act East Policy
49:46 Vijaynagar: Northeast's ' Siachen
54:10 Preempting China by a week
54:52 Vibrant Villages
55:55 Tourism as force multiplier
56:30 Border Villages
57:00 Air Force gamechanger
57:10 Chinook
58:02 Assam Rifles in J&K
58:29 Operation Dudhi May 1991
59:30 Women in Assam Rifles



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