Havildar Kumar Singh, a native of Basairi Qazi village in Fatehpur Sikri tehsil, Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, was born on January 6, 1968, to Shri Raghuveer Singh Sogarwal and Smt Daryayi Devi. After completing his formal education up to the eighth standard, he embarked on
Major Chandra Bhushan Dwivedi hailed from Purnahiya block of Sheohar district in Bihar and was born on 02 Jan 1961. Son of Shri Vindheshwar Dwivedi and Smt Indrasan Devi, Maj CB Dwivedi was inclined to serve in the Armed Forces since his younger days. Consequently,
Captain Haneef Uddin hailed from Delhi and was born on 23 August 1974. He had lost his father when he was eight years old and had two brothers Nafees and Sameer as his siblings. His mother Smt Hema Aziz is a classical singer who worked
Grenadier Zakir Husain hailed from Softa village of Palwal district in Haryana and was born in the year 1968. He was passionate about serving in the Army since his childhood. Eventually following his passion, he joined the army in the year 1988 after completing his
Naik Anand Singh Aswal hailed from Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. He joined the army after completing his school education and was recruited into the 2nd Battalion of the Naga Regiment, one of the youngest regiments of the Indian Army. The second battalion (2 Naga) was
Naik Hari Bahadur Ghale hailed from Dugal Khola village in Almora district of Uttarakhand. He joined the army after completing his school education and was recruited into the 2nd Battalion of the Naga Regiment, one of the youngest regiments of the Indian Army. The second
Capt Shailesh Rialch hailed from Himachal Pradesh and was born on 14th October 1975. Son of an Indian Navy veteran Vikram Singh and Smt Susheel, Capt Shailesh was the eldest among two siblings. He was inclined to join the Armed Forces like his father since
Capt Paramjit Singh hailed from Daulatabad village in Pataudi tehsil of Gurgaon district in Haryana and was born on 13 August 1969. Son of an Indian Air Force veteran Warrant Officer Ram Avtar and Mrs Ramrati, he had a younger brother Krishan Yadav, and a
Sepoy Manoj Kumar Singh hailed from Narayanpur village of Bhojpur district in Bihar. Son of Shri Ramji Singh and Smt Somaro Devi, he was inclined to join the Army since his younger days. Eventually he joined the Army after completing his school education. He was
Lieutenant Colonel Ajit Bhandarkar was born in Mumbai on 31 Dec 1960. Son of Shri U V Bhandarkar, Lt Col Ajit had two brothers, and one of them, Col Arun Bhandarkar too served in the Army. He was inclined to join the Army since his
Major Gurpreet Singh hailed from Tepla village in Saha tehsil of Ambala district in Haryana. Son of an army veteran Col Inder Singh, he had a brother Harpreet Singh as his sibling. He had a strong desire to serve in the Armed forces like his
Lieutenant Prateek Acharya hailed from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, but was born in Assam on 11th December 1974. Son of Shri V N Acharya and Smt Bina Acharya, Lt Prateek had a sister Ruchi as his sibling. He completed his schooling at St Thomas' College and
Lance Naik Ranjodh Singh hailed from the state of Punjab and was born on 20 Apr 1969. Son of Shri Tersam singh and Smt Raksha Devi, he studied from National Public School, Kurali in Punjab. After completing his school education, he joined the Army at
Lance Naik Ram Dular Yadav hailed from Padenia village of Mohhamadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 1st July 1974. Son of Shri Ram Nagina Yadav and Smt Surji Devi, he joined the army after completing his school education in
Naik Kheem Singh Kunwar hailed from Pachpakria village in Banbasa town of Champawat district in Uttarakhand and was born on 12 Feb 1972. Son of a humble farmer Shri Ganga Singh Kunwar, Naik Kheem Singh was inclined to join the Army since his younger days.