Sepoy Bhikale Uttam Balu hailed from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra and was born in the year 1984. After completing his education he joined the army in the year 2002 at the age of 18 years. He was recruited into 2 MLI battalion of the Maratha
Major Kunal Munnadir Gosavi hailed from Pandharpur in Solapur district of Maharashtra. Major Kunal did his schooling from Kavathekar High School in Pandharpur and graduated from the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. Major Kunal had a strong desire to join the armed forces
Lance Naik Kadam Sambhaji Yeshwantrao hailed from Janapuri village in Loha tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra. He came from a very humble background and joined the Army after completing his school education. He was recruited into the 5 Maratha LI of the Maratha Light
Naik Gawade Pandurang Mahadev hailed from Amboli village of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. Naik Gawade wanted to join the Armed Forces since his childhood and consequently joined the Army at the age of 20 years on September 21, 2001. He was recruited into the Maratha
Sepoy Deepak Jagannath Ghadge hailed from Borgoan village in Satara district of Maharashtra. His parents own a small piece of land in the drought-affected Borgoan village in Satara district and had to often work as farm laborers in nearby villages to make their ends meet.
