Here is the story of the Ghost of an Indian Army Soldier. It is said that he still protects India. This story proves that serving your nation as a soldier makes you immortal. Baba Harbhajan Singh, who served India as an Army soldier died in 1986. People believe that his ghost is protecting his brothers-in-arms at the border.

Baba Harbhajan was born in Punjab in 1941. He enrolled himself in the Indian Army in 1956 and was granted a commission to serve with the 14 Rajput Regiment. In the year 1967, near Nathu-La pass, Baba Harbhajan Singh met his end after slipping and drowning in a glacier while he was leading a column of mules carrying supplies to a lonesome outpost.

His body was recovered after three days and cremated with due honors. People in his village question that did he really die? Soon after cremation, it is believed, he appeared in one of his friend’s dream and asked him to erect a shrine in his memory. Hence, a shrine was built and dedicated to Singh. The water from the shrine is believed to heal ailing soldiers.

Even today, jawans posted at the Nathu-La post firmly believe that Singh’s ghost protects them. Soldiers at the Nathu-La post believe that Singh’s ghost warns them of any impending attack. Even the Chinese, during flag meets, set a chair aside to honor Harbhajan Singh. Stories about his ghost visiting the camps at night and even waking up the soldiers who sleep while on the watch are massively popular and very regular.

Until his recent retirement, Singh was steadily promoted up the ranks and retired as an Honorary Captain. His salary has, without fail, been sent to his family up until his retirement. Singh is looked up to as a holy saint and soldiers treat him as ‘Baba’.