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1948 In

Sepoy Nil Kanth VrC

Sepoy Nil Kanth was born on 20 Dec 1915 in Sarthal village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.  Son of Shri Mangoo, Sep Nil Kanth was inclined to serve in the Armed Forces like many young men of his region and went on to

1962 In

Major Mahander Singh Chaudhary MVC

Major Mahander Singh Chaudhary hailed from Dubaldhan Majra village in Rohtak division of Jhajjar district in Haryana and was born on 7th May 1930. His father Chaudhary Partap Singh was a PCS officer in joint Punjab and his mother Smt Sahib Kaur, was a homemaker.

1965 In

Sqn Ldr Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya MVC

Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, a distinguished son of Kodagu district, Karnataka, was born on 24 December 1932 in the tranquil village of Manchalli in South Kodagu. The son of Dr. Ajjamada Bopayya and Smt. Neelamma, he grew up in a household that fostered discipline

1968 In

2nd Lt Vikas Prabhakar Sapatnekar

2nd Lt Vikas Prabhakar Sapatnekar hailed from the state of Maharashtra and was born on 06 Jun 1947. A second generation officer, 2nd Lt Sapatnekar, had imbibed all the qualities of an army officer right from his young age. Son of a Brigadier and having

1971 In

Captain GGK Panicker

Captain Gopalakrishna Gopal Panicker hailed from Nedumudi village of Alappuzha district in Kerala and was born on 16 June 1946. Son of Shri Parameshwaran Namboothiri and Smt Gowrikutty Kunjamma, Capt Panicker who hailed from a family steeped in military tradition, was destined for a life

1971 In

Capt Ravinder Nath Gupta VrC

Capt Ravinder Nath Gupta hailed from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 20 Dec 1945. Son of Shri JN Gupta, he had two brothers as his siblings. He had a passion for the armed forces since his younger days and eventually got selected

1971 In

Major Surinder Vatsa VrC

Major Surinder Vatsa hailed from Ferozepur district in Punjab and was born on 01 Jan 1942. Son of Shri S L Vatsa, he got commissioned into 59 Engr Regt of the Bengal Engineers Group (BEG) of the Corps of Engineers, one of the oldest arms

1987 In

Lt Col Inderbal Singh Bawa MVC

Lieutenant Colonel Inderbal Singh Bawa was born on 25 May 1947 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Son of Dr. HS Bawa, Lt Col Inderbal Singh did his schooling at DAV Higher Secondary School, Shimla. He was commissioned into 4/5 Gorkha Rifles on 11 June 1967 and played

1987 In

Lieutenant Pankaj Vikram SM

Lieutenant Pankaj Vikram, a valiant son of Kanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, was born on June 15, 1963. He was the son of Shri Jitendra Vikram, who later relocated the family to Raipur for professional reasons. From a young age, Lt Pankaj exhibited a deep