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Sub Bishan Singh MVC

Sub Bishan Singh hailed from Purnain village in Ludhiana district of Punjab and was born on 14th Jan 1917. He was enrolled in the Sikh Regiment on 14 Jan 1933 at the age of 16 years. After completing his training he served in various operational;

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Flight Lieutenant C J Mendoza

Flight Lieutenant Clifford Joseph Mendoza hailed from Dadar in Bombay in Maharashtra and was born on 20 Oct 1921. Son of Smt Grace Mendoza, he joined the Royal Indian Air Force after completing his initial education.  He was commissioned as a pilot officer on 5

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Brigadier Rajinder Singh Jamwal MVC

Brigadier Rajinder Singh Jamwal was born on 14th June 1899 in Bagoona village (now re-named as Rajinderpura) of Samba district. After graduation from the Prince of Wales College in 1921, he was commissioned in the J&K State Force in June 1921. He was married to

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Lt Col Narain Singh Samyal

Lt Col Narain Singh Samyal hailed from Samba district of Jammu & Kashmir and was born on 11th March 1907. Son of Shri Hera Singh, he completed his schooling at Boys High School, Samba in J&K. After completing the studies he got selected to join

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Capt Dara Dinshaw Mistri MVC

Captain Dara Dinshaw Mistri hailed from Dharampur in Himachal Pradesh and was born on 14th October 1921. He was commissioned in the Army on 05 July 1942 at the age of 21 years. He was commissioned into 40 Med Regt of the Regiment of Artillery,

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Subedar Raghunath Singh VrC

Subedar Raghunath Singh hailed from Badhmana, a small but proud village in the Una District of Himachal Pradesh. He was born on 26 November 1910 into a humble family to Shri Mall Singh. Growing up in a rural environment that valued hard work, honesty, and

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Hav Bachittar Singh AC

Havildar Bachittar Singh was born on 10 January 1917 in Lopo village of Moga district in Punjab as the only child of Shri Sardar Rur Singh. Though his formal education extended only up to the eighth standard, he stood out for his exceptional physical abilities,

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Subedar Bhim Singh Bohra VrC

Subedar Bhim Singh Bohra hailed from the picturesque region of Dehradun in Uttarakhand. Born to Shri Kahram Bohra, he was deeply inspired by the spirit of service from a young age. Growing up amidst the natural beauty and martial tradition of the hills, he nurtured

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Hav Umrao Singh

Havildar Umrao Singh hailed from Jawahar Nagar Patharwa village in the Mahendergarh district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Dhanji and Smt. Taktha Devi grew up in a humble, close-knit family. He had one brother, Jai Narayan Singh, as his sibling. From his