Lieutenant Nawang Kapadia was born on 15 December 1975 in Mumbai. The younger son of Shri Harish Kapadia and Smt. Geeta Kapadia, he grew up in an environment steeped in adventure and courage—both his parents being renowned and accomplished mountaineers. Nawang and his elder brother
Major Muthanna was born on 12th July 1964 in Chettimani village, near Bhagamandala town in Madikeri taluk of Kodagu district in Karnataka. He joined the Officers Training Academy in Chennai in October 1984 and was commissioned into the 5th Battalion of Sikh Light Infantry Regiment, a
Wing Commander Hersern Singh Gill was born 6th July 1933 in Nowshera (Now in Pakistan). Son of an Army veteran Maj Pooran Singh Gill, he later moved to Delhi for his higher studies. Subsequently his family moved to Bareilly, when his father who served in
Major Manwinder Singh hailed from the princely city of Patiala, Punjab, and was the proud son of an Army veteran, Colonel Bakhtawar Singh. Growing up in a household shaped by discipline, honour, and service to the nation, young Manwinder Singh imbibed the values of the
Lieutenant Bhushan Ajay Parab hailed from the Mumbai in Maharashtra and was born on 31 Dec 1975. The only child of Shri Ashok Parab, he did his degree in engineering but was keen to join the Armed Forces right from his younger days. Driven by
Rifleman Shoban Singh Thapa hailed from Banara village of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand,and was born on 01st Mar 1981. Son of Shri Jaman Singh Thapa and Smt Devki Devi, Rifleman Shoban Singh Thapa had an elder brother Umed Singh Thapa as his sibling. From a
Flight Lieutenant V Krishnamurthy was born on 14 Oct 1973. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 Dec 1995 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a helicopter pilot as part
Lieutenant Amit Singh hailed from Harpur Mahmada village in Samastipur district of Bihar and was born on 28 June 1979. The only son of Dr HP Singh and Smt Bimala Singh, Lt Amit Singh studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hebbal, Bangalore. Besides being good at studies,
Captain Javed Ali Saifi was born on 1st August 1968 in Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. He grew up in Zakir Nagar in Delhi and had two brothers and three sisters as his siblings. He completed his B.Sc in Civil Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia in
Capt Shekhar Ghosh hailed from Barrackpore in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and was born on 27 September 1975. Son of an army veteran, late Lt Col Shankar Nath Ghosh and Smt Ira Ghosh, Capt Shekhar had a sister, Mani, as his
Flight Lieutenant Sameer Riaz Kagdi hailed from the Nashik district of Maharashtra and was was born on 17 Jul 1973. Son of Shri RM Kagdi, he was inclined to join the Armed Forces since his younger days. He got selected to join the prestigious NDA
Sepoy Basavantray Lingadalli hailed from the Bijapur district of Karnataka. Born on 10 May 1972 to Shri Rudragowda and Smt. Sangan Basavamma he was the eldest of three siblings and carried early in life the quiet responsibility that often comes with being the firstborn. Raised
Captain Roopendra Singh Garcha hailed from Jalandhar district in Punjab and was born on 20 Oct 1974. Son of Lt Col Joginder Singh Garcha and Smt Harminder Kaur, Capt Roopendra Singh had a brother Deepinder Singh as his sibling. As he grew up in a
Major Balwinder Singh Bajwa hailed from Gurdaspur district in Punjab and was born on 09 Dec 1962. Son of Shri Iqbal Singh Bajwa, (who retired as a Divisional Commandant of the Punjab Home Guards), he had a brother Parminder as his sibling. Maj BS Bajwa
Major Sanjay Sood hailed from Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, and was born on July 16, 1967. Major Sanjay Sood and his elder brother Ajay were deeply inspired by their father’s distinguished military service. Their father, who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, had served the nation