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1962 In

Sepoy Gobind Singh Rathore

Sepoy Gobind Singh Rathore hailed from Parava village of Bidasar tehsil of present-day Churu district in Rajasthan and was born on 18 March 1943. Son of Shri Jagmal Singh Rathore and Smt Anja Kanwar, he joined the army after completing his school education, he was

1962 In

Lieutenant Subash Chander Chanan

Lieutenant Subash Chander Chanan joined the Army after completing his initial education and was recruited into the Corps of Engineers. Later he got selected to be trained as an officer and was commissioned into 2 Rajput Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, the infantry Regiment well

1965 In

2nd Lt Girish Chandra Aggarwala

2nd Lt Girish Chandra Aggarwala hailed from Chandausi in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh and was born on 16 Jan 1940. Son of Shri Satish Chandra Aggarwala an Executive Officer of Chandausi Municipal Board, 2nd Lt Girish Chandra completed his education at Shyam Sunder Memorial

1965 In

Major Baljit Singh Randhawa MVC

Major Baljit Singh Randhawa hailed from Isapur village in the Amritsar district of Punjab and was born on 11 November 1934. Son of Shri R S Randhawa, Maj Baljit Singh was commissioned into 4 Rajput of the famed Rajput regiment known for its valour and

1967 In

Naib Subedar Raghav Prasad Pandey SM

Naib Subedar Raghav Prasad Pandey joined the army after completing his school education and was recruited into 18 Rajput Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, an infantry Regiment known for its valour and battle honours in various operations.    Nathu La Operation: 11 Sep 1967   During Sep 1967, Nb

1967 In

Major Harbhajan Singh MVC

Major Harbhajan Singh hailed from Bhatte Bhaini village in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran District in Punjab and was born on 03 August 1941. His father Shri Assa Singh, was a patriot, and a freedom fighter, who was deported from Shanghai (then a British Enclave)

1971 In

Lance Naik Drig Pal Singh, MVC

Lance Naik Drig Pal Singh Rathore hailed from Naugma village in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Son of Shri Sunder  Singh Rathore, he was born on 23 December 1945 and had two brothers as his siblings. Lance Naik Drig Pal Singh joined the Army after

1971 In

2nd Lt Ashok Kumar Nanchahal VrC

2nd Lt Ashok Kumar Nanchahal hailed from Dasuya in Ludhiana district of Punjab and was born on 05th Aug 1948. Son of Shri AP Nanchahal, 2nd Lt Nanchahal did his schooling from Laxmi Bai Nagar in New Delhi and graduated from Government college in Ludhiana.

1971 In

Sepoy Satyawan Singh VrC

Sepoy Satyawan Singh hailed from Ghorang village in Hainsar Bazar Block of Sant Kabeer Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh and was born on 1st January 1950. Son of Shri Bhagat Singh, Sep Satyawan Singh studied at Shri Rama Rekha Singh Inter College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh,

1971 In

Major AK Ghosh

Major Ashok Kumar Ghosh hailed from West Bengal and was born in a military family. Son of an army veteran, he also wanted to join the Armed Forces like his father and other brothers (His one brother JC Ghosh joined the Army and another brother

1971 In

2nd Lt Sheshanna Manjunath VrC

2nd Lt Sheshanna Manjunath was born on 23rd February 1945 in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. Son of Shri  A Sheshanna and Smt R.G. Shantamma, he joined the army at the age of 24 years in the year 1970. He was commissioned into 21 Rajput battalion