India, Oct. 23 -- Industralist Anand Mahindra on Thursday shared a deeply personal recollection from his childhood during the 1962 India-China war, reflecting an important moment for him.

His post was prompted by an X post claiming that Indian women collectively hold more gold than women in 10 countries combined, a statistic that listed India at 25,488 tonnes, followed by the United States, Germany, Italy, and others. HT.com could not independently verify the figures shared by Mahindra.

This data claim led Mahindra to revisit a time when that very wealth had been freely given away for the nation's defence.

He recalled that during the 1962 conflict with China, the Indian government had established a National Defence Fund and appealed to...