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Lt Col Bramhanand Avasthy
Lt Col Bramhanand Avasthy was born in Farukkhabad district of Uttar Pradesh. He was commissioned into 2 Rajput of the famed Rajput Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its intrepid soldiers and numerous battle exploits. However, he commanded 4 Rajput battalions during the Indo-China War
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Captain Dayal Singh Padda
Captain Dayal Singh Padda was born in 1931 in the village Bule Nangal in Amritsar district of Punjab. He studied at King George College, Jalandhar Cantt and subsequently joined the Army. He was commissioned into 4 Rajput battalion of the famed Rajput Regiment, an infantry
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Major Trilok Nath
Major Trilok Nath hailed from Narowal district of undivided Punjab (now in present-day Pakistan) and was born on 22 April 1924. Son of Shri Ram Ratan Sarin and Smt Kesara Devi, he joined the Indian army in the year 1948 at the age of 24
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2nd Lt Chattrapati Singh
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Rifleman Bhawani Chand
Rifleman Bhawani Chand hailed from Kanari village of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand and was born on 24 Feb 1942. Son of Shri Partap Thakur, Rifleman Bhawani Chand joined Indian Army on 24 Feb 1960 at the age of 20 years. He was enrolled into 6/8
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Gunner Jagmal Singh
Gunner Jagmal Singh hailed from Bambuliya Kalan village of Itawa tehsil of Kota District in Rajasthan and was born on 03 August 1939. Son of an army veteran, Thakur Jodh Singh and Smt Karn Kanwar, he had two brothers Jagdish Singh and Shambhu Singh as
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Subedar LV Srinivasan
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Captain John Albert Dalby
Capt John Albert Dalby hailed from Bangalore in Karnataka, where his family resided at Willington street of Bangaore at that time. He belonged to an Ango-Indian family and had two sisters Leonie & Margarette and a brother Peter as his siblings. He did his schooling
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Havildar Shere Thapa
Havildar Shere Thapa hailed from Nepal and was born on 27 Dec 1928. After completing initial education, he joined the J and K Regiment Special Force on 27 Dec 1945 at the age of 17 years. He served with the J and K Regiment Special
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Lt Col D A Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel DA Taylor embarked on his distinguished military career by joining the Indian Army, where he was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Gorkha Rifles (2/8 GR). The 8th Gorkha Rifles Regiment, one of the oldest and most decorated infantry regiments in
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Jemadar Surja Ram VrC
Jemadar Surja Ram, was born on May 1, 1926, in Bhairaupur village in Rewari district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Mangal Singh Yadav, whose values of resilience and hard work left a lasting impression on him. Drawn by a sense of duty
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Naik Gulab Singh VrC
Naik Gulab Singh Yadav was born on January 1, 1935, in Manethi village, in the Rewari district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Ramsukh Yadav and Smt Dhapa Devi, and his upbringing in a rural setting instilled in him resilience and a strong
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Naik Hukam Chand Yadav VrC
Naik Hukam Chand Yadav was born on November 7, 1933, in Nakhorola village, nestled in the Gurgaon district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Hari Singh, a principled man who instilled in his children the values of discipline, resilience, and an unwavering commitment
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Major Shaitan Singh PVC
Major Shaitan Singh Bhati was born on December 1, 1924, in Banasar village of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan in a military family. Son of an Army officer Lt Col Hem Singh Bhati and Smt Jawahar Kunwar, Maj Shaitan Singh did his schooling at Rajput HIgh