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Lieutenant General KJS Tiny Dhillon an Infantry veteran from the Rajputana Rifles with about four decades of military service has served multiple tenures in KashmirIn this book Tiny Dhillon opens a hithertoclosed window not only to his life but also to Kashmir He recounts fascinating tales about the toughest challenges he encountered from age three right up to those from his multiple tenures in Kashmir from 1988 to 2020 where it was his responsibility to maintain a balance between counterterrorism operations on the one hand and to use military soft power on the other Dhillon retraces his entire journey from being a young boy to becoming the Commander of the Chinar Corps with Kashmir as an inseparable part of this storyAs a firsthand account the book touches on and demystifies the myths halftruths whats ifs and whys of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits the barbarous attack on an Indian security convoy in Pulwama district in which forty CRPF personnel were killed the Balakot air strikes and the abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the sociopolitical economic and lawandorder situation among other incidents It takes us behind the scenes to bring out the nuances of various intriguing developments at a critical juncture in the history of JampKAnecdotal candid and evocative Kitne Ghazi Aaye Kitne Ghazi Gaye brings to light the true stories from this Army veterans life It focuses on the personal professional and most importantly family life of a soldier in the Army and will not only provide an insight into the trials and tribulations he faced but will also inspire a wide spectrum of readers especially young defence aspirants