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Dafadar Aslam Khan

Dafadar Aslam Khan hailed from Ranasar village in Churu district of Rajasthan and was born in the year 1979. Son of Shri Hasam Khan, he was the youngest amongst nine siblings.  He lost his father at a young age and was brought up in a

Colonel Manish Singh Chauhan

Colonel Manish Singh Chauhan hailed from Sidhi district in Rewa division of Madhya Pradesh.  Son of Shri Vansh Bahadur Singh ( A retired SDO in Madhya Pradesh Govt.), he did his schooling at Sainik School Rewa. While studying in the Sainik School his inclination towards

Major Neeraj Sharma

Major Neeraj Sharma hailed from the Una district of Himachal Pradesh. He was commissioned into the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME), a branch of the Indian Army, responsible for design, development, trial, inspection and refit of weapon systems and equipment. In the year

Major Mayank Vishnoi SM

Major Mayank Vishnoi hailed from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Son of an army veteran Subedar Virendra Vishnoi and Smt Madhu Bishnoi, he had two sisters Tanu and Anu as his siblings. He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Punjab Lines Meerut and was inclined to

Sepoy Tarun Bhardwaj

Sepoy Tarun Bhardwaj hailed from Bhondsi village in the Gurugram district of Haryana and was born on 01 Jan 2001. Son of an army veteran Naik Nandkishore Bhardwaj and Smt Manjuraj Devi, Sep Tarun Bhardwaj had Lokesh Bhardwaj and Pushpender Bhardwaj as his siblings and

Major Aashish Dhonchak SM

Major Aashish Dhonchak hailed from Binjhol village in the Panipat district of Haryana and was born on 23 Oct 1987. Son of Shri Lalchand and Smt  Kamla Devi, he had three sisters Anju, Suman, and Mamta as his siblings. He always nursed the idea of

Colonel Manpreet Singh KC SM

Colonel Manpreet Singh hailed from Bharonjian near Mullanpur in Mohali district of Punjab and was born in the year 1982 in Amritsar. Son of an Army veteran Late Naik Lakhmeer Singh and Smt Manjeet Kaur, he came from a military family wherein, besides his father,

Sepoy Pardeep Singh

Sepoy Pardeep Singh hailed from Balamgarh village in Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab and was born on 20 Apr 1996. Son of Shri Darshan Singh, he had a brother Kuldeep Singh as his sibling. He always nursed the idea of serving in the

Sapper MR Bhasha

Sapper MR Bhasha belonged to the 18 Engr Regt of the Corps of Engineers, one of the oldest arms of the Indian Army. The corps was established in the year 1780 when the two regular pioneer companies of the Madras Sappers were raised. Subsequently, the

Naik Jardish Ahmed SC**

Naik Jardish Ahmed hailed from Golpuri village of the Mewat district in Haryana. Son of Shri Attar Khan, he grew up in Golpuri, also referred to as ‘Grenadieron ka Gaon’, as a majority of men of this village have served in or are serving in

Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar

Nb Sub Vipan Kumar hailed from Patra village of Sunderbani in Rajouri district Jammu & Kashmir. Like many young men from his village, he harboured a lifelong dream of serving in the Indian Armed Forces. Following his passion, Nb Sub Vipan Kumar joined the Army

Sepoy Arvind Singh

Sepoy Arvind Singh hailed from the quaint village of Lahar in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, where he was born in 1997. The son of Shri Rajinder Singh and Smt Saroj Kumari, Sep Arvind had a younger brother named Paramjit. Like many young men from

Sepoy Pradeep Patel

Sep Pradeep Patel hailed from Hardua Kalan village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh and was born in 2000. Son of Shri Baisakhu Patel and Smt Sakhi Patel, Sep Pradeep Patel had an elder sister Guddie, and a younger sister Urmila as

Craftsman W Peter

Craftsman W Peter hailed from Manipur. He got selected to join the Indian army after completing his initial education. He was recruited into the corps of EME, the arm having varying responsibilities related to the design, development, trial, inspection, and refit of weapon systems and

Naik Gursev Singh

Naik Gursev Singh hailed from Haryana. Like many youngsters from Haryana, he was very passionate about serving in the Armed Forces since his younger days. Eventually, got selected and joined the Indian army after completing his initial schooling. He was recruited into the corps of