Paratrooper Imtiaz Ahmad Thoker hailed from the Shopian district of Jammu And Kashmir. After completing his preliminary education, he joined the Army and was recruited into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian army. Later on, he joined 1 Para (Special Forces), the elite unit of
Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik was born on 15th January 1977 in Pogarwadi in the city of Satara in Maharashtra. Son of a dairy farmer, Shri Madhukar Ramchandra Ghorpade and Smt Kalinda, he grew up under the care of his maternal grandparents Shri Yashwant Bala Mahadik
Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami hailed from Lalkuan village in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. Son of an Army veteran, L Nk Goswami always nursed the dream of joining the Army. In 2002, he had joined the 9th Battalion, of the Parachute Regiment, a special forces
Major Amit Deswal was born on 15th January 1985 in the family of an army veteran Subedar Major Rishi Ram Deswal and Smt Vedvati. He hailed from Surheti village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district. After completing his primary education from village Surehti, he went to Ambala
Lance Naik Om Prakash hailed from Chhitkul village in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh and was born on 02 May 1983. Son of Shri Nek Ram, he was inclined to join the Army since his childhood like many kids in his village. Following his passion, he joined
Captain Tushar Mahajan hailed from Udhampur in J&K and was born on 20 April 1989. Son of Shri Dev Raj Gupta and Smt Asha Gupta, he had an elder brother Nikhil as his sibling. He always nurtured the dream of becoming a soldier for taking
Paratrooper Dharmendra Kumar was born on March 15, 1991 and hailed from Pataliya village in Block Kotabagh of Nainital district in Uttarakhand. Son of Shri Mohanlal Shah and Smt Savitri Devi, Ptr Dharmendra did his primary schooling at Kashipur, Nainital while his father was working
Lance Naik Sandeep Singh hailed from Chhotepur village of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. Son of Shri Jagdev Singh and Smt Kulwinder Kaur, Lance Naik Sandeep had a brother Mandeep Singh and sister Ranjeet Kaur as his siblings. After completing his initial education he joined the
Havildar Devendra Singh Rana hailed from Tinsoli village in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand and was born in the year 1981. Son of Shri Bhupal Singh and Smt Kuwanri Devi, he had a brother Ravindra Singh as his sibling. He joined the Army after completing his