Major Puran Singh Rathore hailed from Manera village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan and was born on 04th July 1927. Son of Shri Kana Singh, Major Puran Singh lost his mother when he was barely two years old. He joined the Walter
Lance Naik Gurmel Chand Mall hailed from Hakimpur village in Jalandhar district of Punjab. Son of Late Shri Banta Ram Mall and Late Smt Jai Kaur Mall, he had two brothers Shibu Ram Mall & Devraj Mall and a sister Gurmit Kaur as his siblings. He
Subedar Piara Singh hailed from Amritsar district in Punjab and was born on 01 April 1925. Son of Shri Sultan Singh, he developed an inclination to serve in the Army while growing up and started working towards it. Eventually, he joined the Indian Army in
Lance Naik Sohan Singh hailed from Rauwal village in Sidhwan Bet Tehsil of Ludhiana District in Punjab. Born into a humble agrarian family, he was the son of Shri Dhian Singh. From an early age, he was deeply inspired by the stories of valour and
Captain Satish Khera hailed from Dayalbagh in Agra city of Uttar Pradesh. Son of Shri KC Kehra, Capt Satish Khera had two elder brothers and two elder sisters as his siblings. He did his schooling at Agra and was inclined to join the armed forces since
Flying Officer Prem Ramsingh Ramchandani hailed from Mumbai in Maharashtra and was born on 19 Oct 1941. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 22 June 1963 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got
Major MS Bal hailed from Delhi, born and raised in a family deeply rooted in the values of discipline, dedication, and patriotism. He was the son of Major General Tara Singh Bal, a distinguished officer commissioned in 1929 into the 7th Cavalry. Major General Bal
2nd Lt Manjeet Singh Cheema hailed from Shimali tehsil of Sargodha district in undivided Punjab(Now in Pakistan) and was born on 22 Oct 1942. After partition, his family migrated to India and settled down in sainthly village in Narwana tehsil of Jind district in Haryana.
Flying Officer Kewal Krishan Kapur hailed from New Delhi and was born on 07 Jul 1942. Son of Shri Lala Ram Pyare Lal Kapur, he grew up in old Delhi and got selected to join the Indian Air Force after completing his schooling. He was
Sepoy Daga Nikam hailed from Dabhadi village in Malegaon Tehsil of Nashik district in Maharashtra and was born on 20 Nov 1942. Son of Shri Lotan Malji Nikam and Smt Sitabai Lotan Nikam, he had four brothers Popat, Devaman, Devaram & Pandurang as his siblings.
Second Lieutenant Lingangouda Kenchangouda Nadgir was born on February 2, 1941, in Belgaum, Karnataka (then part of Mysore State). He was the son of Shri Ranganath Deshpande and Smt. Shakuntala Deshpande and had five sisters and one brother. Coming from a family with a rich
Flt Lt Thapen Kumar Chaudhary was quite passionate about joining the Air Force since his younger days and worked at realizing his dream. Eventually, he got selected for the prestigious NDA and joined the 11th NDA Course. After excelling in various aspects of training, he
Born on 16th Mar 1933, Sqn Ldr Narinder Kumar Malik after completing his schooling joined the interim training academy, known as the Joint Services Wing (JSW). The JSW was commissioned on 1 January 1949 at the Armed Forces Academy (now known as the Indian Military
Sqn Ldr Raman Kumar Uppal hailed from Punjab and was born on 22nd Aug 1932. He got selected for the prestigious NDA and joined the 62nd Course. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force as Pilot Officer on 16 Jan 1954 at the age
Sqn Ldr Maurice John Marston was born on 28th Nov 1932. He joined the IAF after completing his initial education as an airman. Later he got selected to be an officer and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 Jan 1954 at the