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Major Narain Singh VrC

Major Narain Singh was born on 19th  August, 1936 in Krimachi-Mansar village, in Udhampur district of J&K. Son of an army veteran Kartar Singh and Smt  Dhan Devi, he was the eldest son of the family and was lovingly called Kaku. He completed his primary

Major SC Guleri

Major SC Guleri hailed from Dharamsala city in Himachal Pradesh. After completing his graduation from Government College, Dharamshala, he got selected to join the Army as a commissioned officer. He was commissioned into the 9 Jat Battalion of the Jat Regiment, an Infantry Regiment with

Fg Offr Kishen Lakhimal Malkani VrC

Flying Officer Kishan Lakhimal Malkani was born on 15 May 1945 in Larkana now in Pakistan. Son of Shri L M Malkani, Fg Offr Kishan studied from Nehru High school, Jodhpur, Barnes High School, Deolali and Jodhpur Polytechnic at Jodhpur. He was commissioned into the

2nd Lt Balbir Singh

2nd Lt Balbir Singh hailed from Jalandhar in Punjab and was born on 14th November 1950. Son of Major Hazura Singh and Smt Kartar Kaur, 2nd Lt Balbir Singh had five other brothers as his siblings. He grew up in various military cantonments and studied

2nd Lt Jayendra Jai Singh Rane VrC

2nd Lt Jayendra Jai Singh Rane hailed from Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh and was born on 27 April 1949. Son of Army veteran Major JS Rao Rane, he always wanted to follow into the footsteps of his father and serve in the Armed Forces.

2nd Lt KK Majumdar

2nd Lt Karun Kanti Majumdar hailed from Rajasthan and was born on 31st August 1949 on the auspicious day of Janmashtami in the land of Veer Durgadas Rathore i.e. Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Son of Shri ML Majumdar and Late Smt Khukhu Rani Majumdar, he did his

2nd Lt Swaranjit Singh Gill

2nd Lt Swaranjit Singh Gill hailed from Amritsar in Punjab and was born in the year 1949. Son of Sardar GS Gill, he had a younger brother KS Gill as his sibling. 2nd Lt Swaranjit always nursed the desire of serving in the Armed Forces

Gunner Arumugam P VrC

Gunner Armugam P hailed from Thathavalli village in the Tirupathur district of Tamil Nadu and was born on 21 July 1945. Son of Shri Muniswamy and Smt Mangaiammal, Gunner Armugam joined the Army on 21st July 1965 at the age of 20 years. He was

Major Sharanjit Pal Singh Waraich

Major Sharanjit Pal Singh Waraich hailed from Punjab and was born on 13 Apr 1941. Son of a Police Officer, he had inclination to serve in the Armed Forces since his younger days. After completing his education he joined the army as a commissioned officer.

Flight Lieutenant SC Mahajan

Flt Lt Shrikant Chandrakant Mahajan hailed from Pune in Maharashtra and was born on 26 May 1944. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 13 Mar 1966 at the age of 21 years. He was commissioned in the flying stream of the IAF

Major Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu SC

Major Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu was born in the 1940s and hailed from Punjab.  After completing his education he joined the army as a commissioned officer. He was commissioned into the 15 Punjab Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, an Infantry Regiment with a long history of

Flt Lt Gurdev Singh Rai VrC

Flight Lieutenant Gurdev Singh Rai was born on 11 February 1945 in Chack Sarwan Nath village in Ludhiana district of Punjab. He did his primary schooling at Herman village and studied further at the high school at Katana Kalyan and thereafter went to Arya college

Flight Lieutenant SC Sandal

Flight Lieutenant Suresh Chandra Sandal was born on 19 Aug 1944. Following his childhood dream he joined NDA after his schooling. He joined the 24th NDA course and passed out on 01 June 1963. Later he was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 01