Once a `warrior-hub´, Punjab again producing leaders for Indian armed forces
(WorldNews India)

Once a `warrior-hub´, Punjab is again producing leaders for the Indian armed forces, thanks to the highly successful, government-run Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, which was set up in Mohali in 2011 When India was a spanking new nation, one can say Punjab became its `sword arm`, ready to defend its borders from enemies. Military experts say in the late 1960s, National Defence Academy (NDA), which trains officers, used to see 70-80 men from Punjab in every batch (of approximately 300 cadets). But by 2010, the flow became a trickle with only six to eight making...