Second Lieutenant Viney Kaul was born in August 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab. He was the youngest child of Shri Pt. Kesho Ram and Smt. Rajkumari Kaul and grew up in a close-knit family with two brothers and three sisters. His father, an affluent European Grade
Naib Subedar Gurnam Singh was born on 18th August 1935 in Bhullar village of Amritsar district, Punjab. He was the proud son of Shri Tej Singh and came from a family with a strong military tradition. Growing up in such an environment, young Nb Sub
Rifleman Suresha Nand Pant hailed from Harakoti village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand—a region widely known for its rich military heritage and long-standing tradition of producing brave and dedicated soldiers for the nation. Born to Shri Urvi Dutt Pant and Smt. Devki Devi, he
Captain Haripal Singh Ahluwalia hailed from New Delhi, born into a family that valued discipline and service as the son of Shri Amar Singh Ahluwalia. From a young age, he displayed a keen desire to don the olive green, and this aspiration shaped his character
Lance Naik Raj Kumar Mahto was born on 9th October 1974 in Masu, a small village near Ranchi, Jharkhand (then Bihar), into a humble farmer’s family. He was the second of five children born to Shri Babulal Mahto and Smt. Devmani Devi with one elder
Captain Narender Singh Ahlawat hailed from Dighal village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. Son of an army veteran Major Ran Singh and Smt Nehali Dev, Capt Narender Singh came from a military family wherein his grandfather Shri Chaudhary Sohan Singh Ahlawat too served as a
Naib Subedar Ram Prasad Badoni hailed from the picturesque and mountainous region of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, a land known for its brave warriors and rich military traditions. After completing his initial education, he decided to serve the nation and joined the Indian Army.
Lance Naik Hoshiar Singh, son of Shri Kura Ram, was born on 17 September 1947 in Goripur village, then part of the undivided Punjab. Over the decades, administrative reorganization placed Goripur within the present-day Bhiwani, Haryana. He grew up in a modest rural household, where
Sqn Ldr Veera Venkata Satyanarayanamurty Sunkar was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 07 Nov 1963. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Mechanical stream as part of the 27 DEO course. Thereafter
