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Major Puran Singh Rathore VrC

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

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Lance Naik Gurmel Chand Mall

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

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Subedar Piara Singh VrC

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

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Captain Satish Khera

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

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Major Bhupinder Singh MVC

Major Bhupinder Singh hailed from Harnampura village in Ludhiana district of Punjab and was born on 19th September 1928. Son of Shri Sajjan Singh, Maj Bhupinder joined the army after completing his education. He was commissioned into the Hodson’s Horse on 11th December 1949 at

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Subedar Tika Bahadur Thapa MVC

Subedar Tika Bahadur Thapa was born on 29th November 1924, in Thapak village of Gulmi district in Nepal. On the same day of 1942, he was enrolled into 4/8 GR of 8 Gorkha Rifles Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its fearless soldiers. After completing

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2nd Lt Manjeet Singh Cheema

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.

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Captain Harjit Singh

Capt Harjit Singh hailed from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 14 November 1943. Son of Late Sardarni Inderjit Kaur and Late Sardar Trilochan Singh, he joined the Army as a commissioned officer. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into 10 Mahar

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Hav Randhir Singh SM

Havildar Randhir Singh Gulia hailed from Nidana village of Maham tehsil in Rohtak district of Haryana and was born on 01 Jan 1935. Son of Shri Mansa Ram and Smt Chhallo Devi, he had the inclination to join the armed forces since his younger days