Rifleman Jas Bahadur Thapa hailed from Chatikot village of Dailekh district in Nepal and was born on 01st Jul 1930. Rifleman Jas Bahadur Thapa joined the army and was recruited into the 2/3 GR battalion of 3 Gorkha Rifles Regiment, a Regiment known for its
Major Jawahar Singh Mahar hailed from Maspati village of Pithoragarh district in present day Uttarakhand and was born on 29 December 1921. Son of Shri Joga Singh, he was the eldest, followed by three brothers and two sisters. His brothers too served in the Army
Guardsman Wazir Khan joined the Indian Army after completing his initial schooling and was enrolled into the 10 Guards Battalion of the Brigade of the Guards, an infantry Regiment known for its gallant soldiers with a long history of numerous battle exploits. Operation Bluestar : 05
Flt Lt Indrjitsinh Dansinh Gohil hailed from Songadh village of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat and was born on 17 Feb 1956. Son of Shri Danubha Kesarisinh Gohil (who retired as a Dy. Superintendent of Police) and Smt Majirajba, Flt Lt Indrjitsinh had a brother KS
Captain Harpal Singh hailed from Macrona village near Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district in Punjab. Born in a Jat Sikh family, he was cut out for a courageous role in his life. Son of an army veteran Maj Pritam Singh, Capt Harpal Singh had one
Major Uday Shankar Ghosh hailed from Bangalore and studied at St. Joseph’s High School in Bangalore. Later he graduated from Government Arts and Science College, Bangalore. Though his father was a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Maj Ghosh nursed the dream of joining
Havildar Bhim Bahadur Thapa hailed from Galkot village in the Anchal Dhaulagiri district of Nepal and was born on 28 May 1965. Son of Shri AB Thapa, he joined the Army after completing his school education at the age of 19 years. He was recruited
Lance Naik Bal Bahadur Thapa hailed from Bhtuke village of Lumbini district of Nepal, and was born on 24 July 1959. Son of Shri Heman Singh Thapa, he joined the army on 15 Jun 1979 after completing his school education at the age of 20
Capt Dhanwant Sharma hailed from Morwa village of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. Son of an army veteran Col Kishan Lal Sharma, he always wanted to don the military uniform like his father right from his younger days. Eventually he got selected for the National Defence
Capt Rajesh Kharb originally hailed from Haryana, and was born in Delhi on 12th April 1966. He grew up with a passion to join the Defence Forces and serve his motherland. At the age of 18 years, he completed his school education and got selected
Pilot Officer Ritul Srivastava hailed from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 19 Jan 1974. He got commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 29 Jun 1996 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got
Major Rohit Sharma hailed from Jalandhar in Punjab. Son of a practicing doctor Dr Ved Vrat Sharma, he had two sisters as his siblings. He was very keen to join the Armed Forces right from his childhood and eventually joined the Indian army after completing
Rifleman Bhagwan Singh hailed from Kyunja village in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand and was born on 25 Jan 1972. Son of Shri Thepar Singh and Smt Bachandei Devi, Rfn Bhagwan Singh was the eldest child and had three brothers Jagdish Singh, Mohan
Rfn Dabal Singh hailed from Odal village in Jaiharikhal block and Lansdowne tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. Rfn Dabal Singh was passionate about serving in the Army since his childhood days. Eventually he joined the army and was recruited into 18 Gharwal battalion
Captain Jintu Gogoi hailed from Khumtai a small village in Golaghat district of Assam. Son of Hon Fg Offr Thogiram, an IAF veteran, and Smt Duluprabha, Capt Jintu Gogoi had two sisters as his siblings. Capt Jintu was passionate about serving in the Army since