Lieutenant Colonel Ajit Bhandarkar was born on December 31, 1960, in Mumbai to Shri Udupi Vasudev Bhandarkar and Smt Shakuntala Bhandarkar. He was raised in a close-knit family, growing up alongside his two brothers, Arun and Anil. His eldest brother, Colonel Arun Bhandarkar, followed the honourable
Major Avinash Singh Bhadauria, was born on December 14th, 1971 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Son of a prominent political leader in Uttar Pradesh Shri Ganga Singh Bhadauria and Smt Aruna Singh, he had a brother Amit Singh as his sibling. Though coming from political family,
Major P. Shyam Sundar was born on August 2, 1975, in Kolkata, at Sishu Mangal, to Shri J. Panchapagesan and Smt P. Lakshmi. He was the youngest of four siblings, following Shyama Sridharan, Hema Murali, and Maya Balaji. From an early age, he displayed a
Sepoy Hasansab Khudavand hailed from Saidapur village in Navalagund Tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka and was born on 01 Jan 1992. Son of Shri Imamsab Khudavand and Smt Zeenatbee Khudavand, he had a younger brother Mabusab (Born on 31 May 1994) and a younger
Subedar Basappa Patil belonged to Khanajaon village in Belgaum district of Karnataka. He completed his schooling in his native place and later joined the Indian army on 24th of July 1990. He was recruited into 21 Madras battalion of the Madras Regiment, an infantry Regiment
Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad belonged to Karnataka’s farming family of Betadur village in Kundagol taluk of Dharwad district. The youngest in the family, Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad always wanted to join the Army since his childhood. He came up the hard way, attending high school