Bharat Rakshak ("Defenders of India") is a website devoted to discussing the

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. It was started and is run by military enthusiasts.

History

Bharat Rakshak was started in April 1997 by bringing together the individual websites of Indian Defence enthusiasts. The website was officially launched on 1 July 1997 by Seetal Patel and Rupak Chattopadhyay. While the concept of Open Source intelligence, as defined by the

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, is still evolving in India, Bharat Rakshak has been cited as a website that could be held in the same category as its western counterparts. The forum has many members with experience in Indian Armed Forces and defence technology firms. The site gained some notoriety in December 2007, when it was cited for leaking the Official War Histories written by the Indian

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(MoD) that had remained classified for sometime.

Features

*An active discussion forum, which has been referred to in the press as a think-tank of Indian military issues. *Discussion forums have threads in the following categories:
Military Issues & History Forum

Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum

Technology & Economic Forum
*#General Discussion Forums (Accessible only to registered members) *The first three forum thread categories were available to public and the last general discussion forums was only available to registered members and was not visible for non-members. *Discussions in first three forums focused on current military, strategic and technical/economic affairs of the day. With threads, highly active dedicated to Tejas, Arjun among others it remains a credible place to form viewpoint. *The site also has detailed

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on conflicts e.g. Siachen, and

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*An online bookstore, which specialises in the sourcing of books related to the Indian Military. * A multimedia section, with a considerable number of video clippings and audio recordings of Military marches played by the bands of Indian Army, the Navy and Air Force. It also includes a significant collection of books devoted to various topics like Military History, Security Issues and Nuclear Issues. Their articles on nuclear issues have received press coverage.

Related sites

On 15 August 2000, Bharat Rakshak launched a sister website called Amar Jawan. The Amar Jawan website is dedicated to the personnel of India's

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; it means "Immortal Soldier" in

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References

External links

Bharat RakshakAmar Jawan
Military-themed websites Indian websites Internet properties established in 1997 Military of India Military history of India {{Website-stub