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Flight Lieutenant RB Mehta

Flight Lieutenant Rohinton Burjorji Mehta hailed from Hyderabad in Telangana and was born on 03 June 1944. Son of Shri RB Mehta, he got selected to join the prestigious NDA after his schooling and joined the 22nd NDA course. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant BRE Wilson

Flight Lieutenant Brian Rupert Eric Wilson hailed from Pune in Maharashtra and was born on 29 Jan 1944. He got selected to join the prestigious NDA after his schooling. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 28 Oct 1963 at the age of

Lieutenant Colonel Ved Prakash Ghai MVC

Lieutenant Colonel Ved Prakash Ghai was born on 22 February 1935 in Dehradun, then part of Uttar Pradesh, to Smt. Dayawanti Ghai and Shri Desh Raj Ghai. From a young age, he displayed qualities of discipline, leadership, and determination—traits that later shaped his distinguished military

Captain Jagdish Chander Gosain VrC

Captain Jagdish Chander Gosain hailed from New Delhi and was born on Aug 09, 1938. He was commissioned into 196 Mountain Regt of the Regiment of Artillery, an important combat arm of the Indian Army, well known for its booming field guns.    Indo Pak Conflict: 13/14

Captain RM Narendran

Captain RM Narendran hailed from Kozhikode district of Kerala and was born on 08 May 1943. Son of Shri KPR Menon, former DIG of police and Smt Leela Menon, Capt RM Narendran nursed the idea of donning the Army uniform since his younger days. He

Major Surinder Vatsa VrC

Major Surinder Vatsa hailed from Ferozepur district in Punjab and was born on 01 Jan 1942. Son of Shri S L Vatsa, he got commissioned into 59 Engr Regt of the Bengal Engineers Group (BEG) of the Corps of Engineers, one of the oldest arms

Sqn Ldr J D Kumar

Sqn Ldr J D Kumar

Sqn Ldr Jatinder Das Kumar hailed from Faridkot in Punjab and was born on 30 Nov 1933. He was commissioned into the IAF as a pilot officer on on 16th April 1955 at the age of 21 years. He was selected for the flying branch in

Grenadier Gorakh Ram VrC

Grenadier Gorakh Ram was born on 16th November 1944, at Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Son of Shri Dipa Ram, Gnr Gorakh Ram joined the Army at the age of 18 years and was recruited into the Grenadiers Regiment on 16th Nov 1962. He served with 8 Grenadiers

Flt Lt Ashok Balwant Dhavale

Flt Lt Ashok Balwant Dhavale hailed from Pune in Maharashtra and was born on 17 Apr 1942. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 25 Dec 1964 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got

AC1 PS Sharma

AC1 PS Sharma was enrolled into the IAF in the year 1970 and got trained as a a technician.  After completing his training, he got posted to 220 Squadron based at Air Force Station Uttarlai in Barmer district of Rajasthan, as his first assignment.    Indo-Pak War

Naik Shiv Kumar Singh

Naik Shiv Kumar Singh hailed from Richhapura village in Jaitpur tehsil of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 22 Jun 1947. Son of Shri Bhagwan Singh and Smt Bitto Devi, Nk Shiv Kumar Singh joined the Army in the year 1965 at

2nd Lt Hardev Pal Nayyar, VrC

2nd Lt Hardev Pal Nayyar hailed from Dasuya in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab and was born on 15th Sep 1947. Son of Shri Gopal Dass Nayyar and Smt Soma Devi Nayyar, 2 Lt H P Nayyar did his schooling from D A V Higher Secondary

Flt Lt K K Mohan

Flight Lieutenant Krishna Kumar Mohan was born on 01 Jan 1943. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 01st Aug 1964 at the age of 21 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a fighter pilot as

Sqn Ldr Ramesh Chandra Sachdeva VrC

Squadron Leader Ramesh Chander Sachdeva hailed from Delhi. Son of Shri Ram Labhaya and Smt Shivdevi Sachdeva, he got selected to join the prestigious NDA after his schooling. He joined the 11th NDA course and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 23 Mar

2nd Lt Radha Mohan Naresh

Second Lieutenant Radha Mohan Naresh hailed from Kerala and was born in the year 1950. Son of Smt D Subhadramma, he had two brothers, Gopi Mohan Naresh and Praveen Naresh as his siblings. 2nd Lt RM Naresh did his schooling from Sainik School Kazhakootam in