Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan:
The “Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan” app was launched by Defence Minister coinciding with Army Day celebrations.
- Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan is developed by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism.
- This app opens the doors to India’s most iconic battlefields, offering citizens a chance to explore the country’s wartime history like never before.
- The move is aimed at promoting connectivity, tourism, and socio-economic development in border regions. The Army is collaborating with local civil authorities to facilitate these efforts while maintaining high operational preparedness.
- It features details on various battlefields and border areas, offering virtual tours, historical narratives, and interactive content.
- The sites will also be highlighted by the Tourism Ministry as part of the Incredible India campaign.
- It will be a one-stop destination for the visitors to make all necessary arrangements for their travel planning, including how to apply for permits for some of these places.
- The Indian Army, in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism, has shortlisted Galwan (the river valley in Ladakh ) Doklam which is a tri-junction between India, Bhutan and China and 75 other forward sites alongside the country’s border that have witnessed military action in the past for “battlefield tourism.
- Most of these sites fall along India’s borders with China (Line of Actual Control) and Pakistan (Line of Control) that have had a history of wars after independence and other clashes in recent times — the 1962 war with China and the 1967 war, at Nathu La in Sikkim.
- Along the Western border, the Battle of Longewalawas one of the first major engagements during the India-Pakistan war of 1971, fought at the Indian border post of Longewala in the Thar desert.
- These locations, previously restricted due to their strategic significance and challenging terrain, will now offer visitors first-hand insight into the experience of soldiers stationed in these remote regions.
