The 24 Infantry Brigade with four battalions (11 Baloch which held the Supwal ditch, 40 Punjab which was deployed east of the Karir Nadi, 24 Punjab which was defending the Basantar Nala), a brigade in Zafarwal area and Reconnaissance elements of 21 Baloch.

It was a strange feeling, the sudden peace and quiet after the unending din and noise of the past fourteen days.

The date for the Basantar crossing was fixed for night 14/15 December, but was postponed by 24 hours by Gen Pinto.

[14] In what is an Indian Army record, the 54th Infantry Division won as many as 196 gallantry medals in just 14 days of fierce fighting.

The GOC, Major General WAG Pinto was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

[16] The Division, led by Major General Harkirat Singh, was the first formation to be inducted into Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).

The Division was grouped with a Mechanised Infantry battalion, a Squadron of Armour and an Air Operation Flight.