Rifleman Madan Singh Rawat was born on 26 October 1944 in Gadri village of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, a region known for its deep martial traditions and contribution to the Indian Armed Forces. He was the son of Shri Vijay Singh Rawat and Smt. Musi
Naib Subedar (Then Jemadar) Ishe Tundup hailed from Leh in Ladakh and was born on 31st Mar 1930. Son of Shri Chhering Palzor, he completed his schooling in Government Middle School in Leh and joined the army. He was recruited on 18 June 1948 at
Major S. Bashyam was born on 2 September 1932 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. He was the elder son of Shri S. Alavandar and Smt. Ramathilakam. From a young age, Maj Bashyam was known for his lively spirit, enthusiasm, and disciplined nature—qualities that would
Major Mahander Singh Chaudhary was born on 7 May 1930 in Dubaldhan Majra village, located in the Rohtak division of Jhajjar district in Haryana. He was the son of Chaudhary Partap Singh, a PCS officer in the erstwhile joint Punjab, and Smt. Sahib Kaur, a
Naik Bahadur Singh was born on 17th September 1931 in Nakhet village of Pithoragarh district, then part of Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). The son of Shri Man Singh, he grew up in the serene yet rugged Himalayan region, where the spirit of courage and
Sepoy Om Prakash Tyagi hailed from Hisali village in Muradnagar city of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh. Son of Shri Dalip Singh Mukhiya and Smt Shankari Devi, he was born on 01 June 1933. He did his initial schooling from his native village and thereafter
Sepoy Gobind Singh Rathore hailed from Parava village of Bidasar tehsil of present-day Churu district in Rajasthan and was born on 18 March 1943. Son of Shri Jagmal Singh Rathore and Smt Anja Kanwar, he joined the army after completing his school education, he was
Lieutenant AS Balasubramanian hailed from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and was born on 09 Sep 1938. Son of Shri KV Sundaram and Smt Kamalambal, he was the youngest among four siblings. He had three elder brothers AS Venkatakrishnan, AS Chandrashekaran, AS Dorai Rajan, and one
Lieutenant Subash Chander Chanan joined the Army after completing his initial education and was recruited into the Corps of Engineers. Later he got selected to be trained as an officer and was commissioned into 2 Rajput Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, the infantry Regiment well
