India, July 21 -- Tucked inside the tranquil campus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, the War Surgery Museum offers a powerful, immersive journey into India's military medical history - one shaped by battlefield trauma, surgical grit, and humanitarian service. A journey that is enhanced by some recent additions like a war diary, samurai sword gifted by Japanese soldiers, and the artefacts of Heneral Bardhan.

The museum is one of India's oldest military medical archives. It traces the evolution of wartime medicine through rare artifacts, visceral exhibits, and personal stories of doctors who served not only in operating theatres, but also amid active combat zones. The museum was originally established in 1944 by Lt Col J R...