Major Puran Chander hailed from Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir and was born in 1936. The son of Army veteran Lt Col Dina Nath, he grew up deeply inspired by the discipline, honour, and sense of duty that surrounded his father’s military life. From a
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
Rifleman Satish Bhagat hailed from Gurhasinghu village in the Shamachak area of the Jammu district. Son of an army veteran Hony Capt Ajit Lal and Smt Kamlesh Kumari, Rfn Satish Bhagat had an elder brother Sushil as his sibling. Right from his younger days, he
Lieutenant Anurag Shukla hailed from Singra Khurd village, situated in the Medninagar block of Palamu district, Jharkhand. Born into a family that upheld values of integrity and perseverance, he was the son of Shri Jitendra Shukla and Smt Usha Shukla. Growing up in a close-knit
Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri hailed from Sarojni Nagar village in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. He joined the Army after completing his school education at the age of 19 years. He was recruited into 18 JAK Rif battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles Regiment,