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Major Rajender Singh Rajawat VrC

Major Rajender Singh Rajawat hailed from Kota district in Rajasthan was born on 04 October 1942. Son of Shri Shashi Kala Rajawat, Maj Rajender Singh Rajawat joined the Army on 30 June 1963 at the age of 21 years. He was commissioned into 18 Raj

Sqn Ldr Jiwa Singh VrC

Sqn Ldr Jiwa Singh hailed from Ambala district of Haryana and was born on 15 July 1930. Son of of Shri Tega Singh, he joined the IAF as an airman and later was commissioned as a pilot officer on 16 Apr 1955 at the age

Capt Kuldip Singh Rathi VrC

Captain Kuldip Singh Rathi hailed from Sankhol village in Bahadurgarh district of Haryana and was born on 01 Aug 1947. Son of an army veteran Captain Tareef Singh Rathi, Capt KS Rathi was eldest among four siblings. Inspired by his father, he always wanted to

Fg Off Man Mohan Singh

Fg Offr Man Mohan Singh hailed from the state of Punjab and was born on 08 Jan 1944. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 04 Jun 1967 at the age of 23 years. He was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF and

Sepoy Pandurang Salunke, MVC

Sepoy Pandurang Salunke was born on 1st May 1950, in the village of Manerajuri in Sangil district of Maharashtra. He joined the army at a young age and was enrolled into 15 MLI of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its

Flt Lt Vijay Kumar Wahi VrC

Flight Lieutenant Vijay Kumar Wahi was born on September 17, 1945 in Montgomery district of former Punjab province of British India, now in Pakistan. His father Col Krishan Lal Wahi served in the Royal Indian army, which captured the imagination of his son and inspired

Captain Kamal Bakshi

Capt Kamal Bakshi was born in the year 1946 and later his family got settled in McCluskiegunj, a hill town in Jharkhand. Son of an Army veteran Col OP Bakshi and Smt Shanta Bakshi, he had two sisters Neeta and Reeta as his siblings. He

Lt Suresh Gajanan Samant VrC

Lt Suresh Gajanan Samant hailed from Dasuya village in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra and was born on 31st May 1941. Son of Shri Gajanan Gopal, Lt Suresh Gajanan graduated from the Park college. Subsequently he got selected to join the Indian Navy and completed his

Flt Lt S K Goswami

Flight Lieutenant Sudhir Kumar Goswami hailed from Faridabad in Haryana and was born on 31 Aug 1942. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 25 Dec 1964 at the age of 22 years.    He was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF and

Lance Naik Mehar Singh VrC

Lance Naik Mehar Singh was born on 25 Feb 1948 and hailed from Kharkara village in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. Son of Shri Kirio Ram, L/Nk Mehar Singh wanted to join the Army since his younger days like any young men in Punjab. He