Lieutenant Mahesh Kumar was born on August 1, 1963, in Sogar village, Kumher tehsil, Bharatpur district, Rajasthan. He was the eldest son of Shri Deshraj Singh and Smt Vimla Devi, with a younger brother, Dinesh Singh. From a young age, he displayed a deep sense
Son of Shri Dashan Singh and Smt Swaran Kaur, Subedar Fuman Singh hailed from Amritsar in Punjab. He joined the army after his initial education and was recruited into 15 Sikh LI battalion of the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its
Major Bhupendra Singh Kandari hailed from Dehradun in Uttarakhand and was born on 15th August 1973. He was the son of Shri Gajendra Kandari, a senior Local Audit Officer who supervised various military units in Uttarakhand. Growing up in an environment closely connected to the
Major Khawar Saeed hailed from the Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh and was born on 02 October 1979. Son of Late Shri Sayyad Saeeduddin an advocate and Smt Nayyer Saeed a teacher by profession, he was inclined to join the Army since his childhood days
Major Mahesh Chander hailed from Almora district of Uttar Pradesh. After completing his education, he joined the army and was commissioned into 107 Engr Regt of Bengal Engineer Group (BEG) of the Corps of Engineers, one of the oldest arms of the Indian Army. After
Maj Jojy Joseph hailed from Gandhinagar district of Gujarat and was born on Feb 21, 1976. Son of Shri PT Joseph and Smt Lois Joseph, he had two brothers James and Jones as his siblings. He did his initial schooling in Mount Carmel School and
Major Deepak Kumar Padda hailed from Hoshiarpur district in Punjab and was born on 30 Jan 1976. Son of an army veteran Lt Col Paras Ram, he wished to serve in the Armed Forces since his younger days like his father. Following his passion, he
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, fondly known as “Sam Bahadur,” was born on 3 April 1914 in Amritsar. He was born into a Parsi family to Dr. Hormusji Manekshaw and Smt. Heerabai Manekshaw. His father was a distinguished medical practitioner who had earlier
Colonel Neeraj Sood hailed from Delhi and was born on 22 Nov 1970. Son of Shri VK Sood and Smt Chander Prabha Sood, he had an elder brother Pankaj as his sibling. He grew up in different places as his father served in Military Engineering
Hav Choudhari Hambirrao Bapurao hailed from the Solapur district of Maharashtra and was born on 07 June 1977. Son of Shri Bapurao Yashu Choudhari and Smt Sitabai Choudhari, he had only one elder brother Santosh Choudhari as his sibling. After completing his school education he
Naik Amit Sharma hailed from Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Like many young people in Uttarakhand-the land of warriors, Naik Amit Sharma too wished to don the Army uniform right from his childhood days. Following his dream, he eventually joined the Army after completing his school
Flt Lt Krishnamoorthy Praveen hailed from Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. He was the only son of Smt Manjula who was working as an Office Superintendent at Southern Railway. He was disciplined and meritorious while studying at the TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He finished
Flight Lieutenant Tapan Kapoor hailed from Delhi and was born on 27 April 1986. Son of Shri Naresh Kapoor and Smt Lata Kapoor, Flt Lt Tapan grew up in Delhi and studied at Ramjas School Delhi. Known by his nickname ‘Tony” among his friends and
Sgt Sudhakar Yadav hailed from Asharfabad village in Sant Kabeer Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Son of Shri Mahanand Yadav and was serving with the 157 Helicopter unit of the IAF when the tragedy struck at Kedarnath in the year 2013. Mi-17 Helicopter Crash: 25 June
Junior Warrant Officer Akhilesh Kumar Singh hailed from Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh. He was recruited into the Indian Air Force as an airman and got trained in the technical stream. He later got trained as a Flight Engineer and got posted to a front-line