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Grenadier Murad Khan VrC

Grenadier Murad Khan hailed from Khariya village of Nagaur district in Rajasthan and was born on 04 February 1950. Son of Shri Esmail Khan, Gdr Murad Khan joined the army after completing his school education on 04 February 1968 at the age of 18 years.

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Gunner Jagmal Singh

Gunner Jagmal Singh hailed from Karawara Manakpur village of Rewari district in Haryana and was born on 02 Apr 1947. Son of Shri Manohar Lal, he joined the Indian Army on 04 Aug 1967 at the age of 20 years. He was enrolled into 57

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Sepoy Banwari Lal VrC

Sepoy Banwari Lal, born on March 17, 1941, in Maurkhurd village of Bhatinda district, Punjab, was the son of Shri Shyochand and Smt Soni Devi. From a young age, he was deeply inspired by the valour, discipline, and dedication of the Indian Army, which ignited

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Naik Kapur Singh

Naik Kapur Singh was born on 12th August 1940 in Bhaproda village, located in the Rohtak district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Mamchand Rathee and Smt. Mado Devi. He grew up in a large and loving family with six siblings—three elder (including

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Sepoy Charan Singh

Sepoy Charan Singh hailed from Bachgaon village in Govardhan tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 30 Oct 1943. Son of Shri Revati Singh and Smt Anandi Devi, Sep Charan Singh had two brothers Nenua Singh and Giriraj Singh, and a

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Lieutenant Samir Das NM

Lt Samir Das belonged to a middle class family of Calcutta but was born in Assam. Later he went to Banaras Hindu University (BHU) for higher studies and completed his post graduation in Geology. Besides having interest in academics, he was a keen sportsman and

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Wg Cdr Padmanabha Gautam MVC (Bar) VM

Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam was born on 23 July 1933 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, into a family deeply rooted in academic excellence. His father, Shri Neelkanta Padmanabha, was a distinguished physicist who not only taught physics but also served as the Principal of Ahalyabai Holkar

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Major Lil Bahadur Gurung VrC

Major Lil Bahadur Gurung hailed from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh  and was born on 18 March 1941. He got commissioned into 10 Mahar Battalion of the Mahar Regiment, an infantry regiment founded in 1941 which had a glorious history of gallantry in various operations. He

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Major Raghunath Prasad Sharma

Major Raghunath Prasad Sharma was born on December 10, 1938, in Ahrod village, Haryana. The eldest of eight siblings, he displayed exceptional academic brilliance from an early age. After completing his postgraduate studies at Birla College, Pilani (Rajasthan), he chose to serve the nation and