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Paratrooper Bhim Bahadur Thapa
Ptr Bhim Bahadur Thapa hailed from Mocha Bari Village in Nautanwa post of Dhirkot district in Nepal. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces) the
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Paratrooper Gajendra Singh Negi
Ptr Gajendra Singh hailed from Taintura village in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para Special Forces the elite unit
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Paratrooper Vadakeykara Duseph Varkey
Paratrooper Vadakeykara Duseph Varkey hailed from Kothamangalam village in Moovaitipuzha Tehsil of Ernakulam district in Kerala. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite
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Major Arjan Kumar Kanal
Major Arjan Kumar Kanal was born in Karachi, Sindh in undivided India and later his family moved to New Delhi during the partition time. He was commissioned into the 4 Para battalion of the Parachute Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its fearless soldiers and
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Naik Sangili Chellaiah
Naik S Chellaiah hailed from Marudur Village in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite unit of Indian
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Paratrooper Anand Singh Bisht
Paratrooper Anand Singh Bisht hailed from Chamoli Garhwal district in Uttakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite unit of Indian Army raised
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Paratrooper Gaur Singh
Paratrooper Gaur Singh hailed from Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite unit of Indian Army raised in
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Paratrooper Krishna Panicker Udayan
Paratrooper Krishna Panicker Udayan hailed from Madathil Pedi Kayail village in Alleppey district from Kerala. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces) the elite unit
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Paratrooper Tej Singh
Paratrooper Tej Singh hailed from Jogyani Rao village in Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite unit of Indian
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Paratrooper Anand Singh
Paratrooper Anand Singh hailed from Sason village from Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces) the elite unit of Indian
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2nd Lt VRYR Dubbal
2nd Lt VRYR Dubbal hailed from Dulgaon village, in Sangli district of Maharashtra. He was commissioned into the 4 Para battalion of the Parachute Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its fearless soldiers and numerous daredevil operations. As the war became imminent in the late
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Lance Naik Ganga Datta
Lance Naik Ganga Datta hailed from Vijaypur village in Bharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand. After his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 4 Para (Special Forces), the elite
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Major KJ Singh
Major KJ Singh hailed from Chandigarh. He was commissioned into the 4 Para battalion of the Parachute Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its gallant soldiers and numerous daredevil operations. By the year 1971, he had been promoted to the rank of Major and had
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Captain Amitava Guha Roy
Capt Amitava Guha Roy hailed from Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh and was born on 5th April 1947. Son of Shri Rathindra Kumar and Smt Manjushree, Capt Amitava Guha Roy was fifth out of eight siblings. He did his schooling at St Xavier School, Ahmedabad,