Indian Army's forgotten hero, the Jonga, enjoys a cult following today

The Jonga served the army for over three decades, joining soldiers on the frontline during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan

One morning in 2007, Abhilash Nambiar was rummaging through a junkyard in Mumbai for Jeep spare parts when his eyes fell on a rusty vehicle in military colours parked in a corner. Could it really be the Jonga — the rugged warhorse of the Indian Army which he had only seen pictures of until that moment? It was.
 
The Mumbai resident spent the next nine hours convincing the scrap dealer to sell it to him, arranging for the tidy sum the man demanded, and then transporting the vehicle to the garage of his trusted mechanic in Thane. The next