Subedar Joginder Singh was born on 26th September 1921 in Mahakalan village in Moga district of Punjab into an agricultural Saini Sikh family. Son of Sri Sher Singh Saini and Bibi Krishnan Kaur, Sub Joginder Singh did his primary education in his village. He could not
Flight Lieutenant Clifford Joseph Mendoza hailed from Dadar in Bombay in Maharashtra and was born on 20 Oct 1921. Son of Smt Grace Mendoza, he joined the Royal Indian Air Force after completing his initial education. He was commissioned as a pilot officer on 5
Lt Col Narain Singh Samyal hailed from Samba district of Jammu & Kashmir and was born on 11th March 1907. Son of Shri Hera Singh, he completed his schooling at Boys High School, Samba in J&K. After completing the studies he got selected to join
Naib Subedar (Then Jemadar) Ishe Tundup hailed from Leh in Ladakh and was born on 31st Mar 1930. Son of Shri Chhering Palzor, he completed his schooling in Government Middle School in Leh and joined the army. He was recruited on 18 June 1948 at
Sepoy Om Prakash Tyagi hailed from Hisali village in Muradnagar city of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh. Son of Shri Dalip Singh Mukhiya and Smt Shankari Devi, he was born on 01 June 1933. He did his initial schooling from his native village and thereafter
Sepoy Gobind Singh Rathore hailed from Parava village of Bidasar tehsil of present-day Churu district in Rajasthan and was born on 18 March 1943. Son of Shri Jagmal Singh Rathore and Smt Anja Kanwar, he joined the army after completing his school education, he was
Lieutenant Subash Chander Chanan joined the Army after completing his initial education and was recruited into the Corps of Engineers. Later he got selected to be trained as an officer and was commissioned into 2 Rajput Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, the infantry Regiment well
Lance Naik Sardar Singh was born on 12 May 1939 in Jasaur Kheri village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. After completing his initial education he joined the Army in the year 1956 at the age of 17 years. He was recruited into 4 Grenadiers of
2nd Lieutenant Gopal Krishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao hailed from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and was born on 15 Oct 1940. Son of Dr TAGK Rao, he did his initial schooling in Board High School at Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Later he studied from PSG Arts
Lance Naik Sohan Singh hailed from Rauwal village in Sidhwan Bet Tehsil of Ludhiana District in Punjab. Born into a humble agrarian family, he was the son of Shri Dhian Singh. From an early age, he was deeply inspired by the stories of valour and
Major Bhupinder Singh hailed from Harnampura village in Ludhiana district of Punjab and was born on 19th September 1928. Son of Shri Sajjan Singh, Maj Bhupinder joined the army after completing his education. He was commissioned into the Hodson’s Horse on 11th December 1949 at
Major Ratnesh Kumar Chaturvedi, hailed from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was born on April 19, 1956. From an early age, he exhibited qualities of discipline, leadership, and a strong sense of duty—traits that would later define his career in the Indian Army. He was the son
Capt Sudhakar Madhavan hailed from Chennai in Tamil Nadu and was born on 01 Jan 1956. He always nursed the idea of serving in the Armed Forces since his younger days, which got further strengthened when he joined the NCC during his student days. Eventually
Naik Randhir Singh Janghu hailed from Doltabad village of Gurgaon district in Haryana and was born on 04 Apr 1960. Son of Shri Kailash Chander and Smt Pyari Devi, Nk Randhir Singh had four brothers, Mahender, Rajender, Bijender, and Khilare, and a sister Jagwati as
Naik Ganga Ram hailed from Pinglod village in Kishangarh tehsil of Ajmer district in Rajasthan and was born on 05 Feb 1963. Son of Shri Sukha Ram Nuvad and Smt Bhanwari Devi, he wanted to serve in the Army like many young men of Rajasthan.