Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 05 Dec 1971
Citation:
Brigadier Arun Shridhar Vaidya
was commander of an armoured brigade in the Zafanval sector during the
operations against Pakistan on the Western Front. He moved his brigade
swiftly to get to grips with the enemy, and took the enemy tanks by
surprise. He employed his tanks relentlessly and aggressively and helped
the division to maintain constant pressure and momentum of advance
against the enemy. In the battle of Chakra and Dehira, the going was
difficult due to deep minefield and terrain. In a cool and confident
manner, Brigadier Vaidya undertook the crossing through the minefield.
He personally moved forward, disregarding personal safety. Through his
inspired leadership, the entire squadron pushed through the lane and
quickly deployed itself to meet the enemy's counter-attacks. During the
battle of Basantar he again displayed his professional skill and superb
leadership. He got his tanks through one of the deepest minefields,
expanded the bridgehead and repulsed a strong enemy counter attack. In
this battle, 62 enemy tanks were destroyed.
Throughout,
Brigadier Vaidya displayed outstanding courage, great professional
skill, indomitable will, foresight and imagination in fighting against
the enemy in keeping with the best traditions of the Army.
Gazette Notification: 9 Pres/66,1-1-66
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 16 Sep 1965
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 16 Sep 1965
Citation
Lieutenant Colonel Arun Shridhar
Vaidya was in command of Deccan Horse in the series of actions fought by
his unit from the 6 to 11 September 1965 in Asal Uttar and Cheema
(Punjab) in the operations against Pakistan.
In the battle he showed inspiring leadership and remarkable resourcefulness in organising his unit and fighting against heavy odds and inflicted severe casualties on the Patton tanks of the enemy.
With untiring effort he moved from sector to sector with complete disregard for his personal safety thereby inspiring his troops by his personal example. He was instrumental to a large extent in stemming thrusts by enemy armour in the battle of Asal Uttar and later at Cheema and delivered effective blows to the enemy tanks on 10 -11 September.
In the battle he showed inspiring leadership and remarkable resourcefulness in organising his unit and fighting against heavy odds and inflicted severe casualties on the Patton tanks of the enemy.
With untiring effort he moved from sector to sector with complete disregard for his personal safety thereby inspiring his troops by his personal example. He was instrumental to a large extent in stemming thrusts by enemy armour in the battle of Asal Uttar and later at Cheema and delivered effective blows to the enemy tanks on 10 -11 September.
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