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Rifleman Chhagan Singh VrC

Rifleman Chhagan Singh hailed from Lutu village in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, and was born on January 14, 1946, to Shri Ram Ratan Singh and Smt Laxmi Devi. After completing his school education, he decided to dedicate his life to serving the nation by joining the

Rifleman Moti Kumar Newar VrC

Rifleman Moti Kumar Newar hailed from Nepal and was born on 18 Dec 1952. He joined the army after his initial school education at the age of 17 years. He was recruited into the 5/1 GR battalion of the 1 Gorkha Rifles Regiment, an infantry

Sepoy Anusuya Prasad MVC

Sepoy Anusuya Prasad was born on 19th May 1953 in the village of Nanna, located in Chamoli district of present-day Uttarakhand. He was the son of Shri Dayanand and Smt Ukha Devi. Growing up in a modest family, he exhibited strong values of discipline, determination,

Rifleman Pati Ram Gurung MVC

Rifleman Pati Ram Gurung hailed from Lamjung in Nepal and was born on 8th September 1948. Son of Shri Padam Bahadur Gurung, he joined the Indian Army in 1965 at the age of 17 years. He was enrolled into the 5/1 GR battalion of 1

Rifleman Man Bahadur Pun VrC

Rifleman Man Bahadur Pun hailed from Nepal and was born on 12 Nov 1944. He joined the army after his initial school education at the age of 17 years. He was recruited into the 5/1 GR battalion of the 1 Gorkha Rifles Regiment, an infantry

Naib Subedar Mam Chand Sharma VrC

Naib Subedar Mam Chand Sharma hailed from Bubakpur village of Meerut District in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 6 July 1930. Son of Shri Kishori Lal and Smt Basanti Devi, he joined the Army after his initial school education. He was recruited into 10

Havaldar Budhi Ballabh VrC

Havaldar Budhi Bhallabh hailed from Tachholi village of Pauri Garhwal District in Uttarakhand. Son of Shri Rashi Ram and Smt. Palturi Devi, he joined the Army after his initial school education. He was recruited into 10 Mahar Battalion of the Mahar Regiment, an infantry regiment

Major RK Dadkar VrC

Major Ramesh Kumar Dadkar hailed from Maharashtra and was born on 20th Aug 1942. He studied from Ramnarain Ruia College of Science and Arts in Mumbai and later joined the Indian Army. He was commissioned into 22 MLI battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment,

Lance Naik Ram Ugram Pandey MVC

Lance Naik Ram Ugram Pandey hailed from village of Hema-Bansi in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh and was born on 01st Jul 1942.  Son of Shri Harakh Nandan Pandey and Smt Samarth Devi, he joined the Indian Army on 31st Dec 1962 at the age

Major HD Manjrekar

Major HD Manjrekar hailed from Mumbai in Maharashtra. He was commissioned into 8 Guards battalion of the Brigade of Guards, one of the finest and most battle-hardened infantry regiments of the Indian Army. After completing his training, he served in various operational areas and developed

Major KK Rao

Major Kalyanpur Krishnaji Rao hailed from Kallianpur village in South Kanara district (Present day Dakshin Kannada district) of Karnataka and was born in the year 1939.  Son of Shri Appaji Rao More and Smt Sundari Bai More, he had three sisters and a brother as

Subedar Malkiat Singh MVC

Subedar Malkiat Singh hailed from Lohat Baddi village in Sangrur district of Punjab and was born on 31st May 1929. Son of  Shri Gurcharan Singh, he joined the army at the age of 18 years on  05th May 1947.  He was recruited into the 14

Major Chaman Lal

Major Chaman Lal was born in Delhi, but hailed from Manimajra on the border of Punjab and Haryana and only a few kilometers from Himachal Pradesh as well. He was commissioned into 99 Mtn Regt of the Regiment of Artillery, an important combat support arm

Guardsman Dina Nath Yadav

Guardsman Dina Nath Yadav hailed from Murarpatti village in Phulpur Tehsil of Allahabad (Prayagraj) district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 09 Sept 1944. Son of Shri Jhallar Yadav and Smt Chunnu Devi, Gdsm Dina Nath had four brothers Rajnath, Amarnath, Triloki Nath, and