Territorial Army

Woman breaks into army male bastion to become jawan

New Delhi: Another glass ceiling has been broken in the Indian Army with a mother of two becoming the first woman jawan. Outperforming her male counterparts in the physical tests, 35-year-old Sapper Shanti Tigga joined the 969 Railway Engineer Regiment of Territorial Army (TA). "Women are allowed to join the armed forces only as officers in the non-combat units. But Tigga has earned a unique distinction of being the first...

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