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Operation Drab was an internal security operation undertaken by A Company of the 152nd Indian Parachute Battalion. It was intended to stop Hur tribesmen from derailing and ransacking trains in Hyderabad (modern-day Pakistan). 

The National Archives catalogue reference number AIR 23/5205. Photographed in March 2025. 

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