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Capt Dara Dinshaw Mistri MVC

Captain Dara Dinshaw Mistri hailed from Dharampur in Himachal Pradesh and was born on 14th October 1921. He was commissioned in the Army on 05 July 1942 at the age of 21 years. He was commissioned into 40 Med Regt of the Regiment of Artillery,

Major Shafeeq Mahmood Khan Ghori

Major Shafeeq Mahmood Khan Ghori was born on February 27, 1961, in Mysore, Karnataka, to Shri Ghulam Mahmood Khan Ghori. His formative years were spent in Mysore, where he received his primary and secondary education at Maharaja's High School. He continued his academic pursuits at

Gunner Jagmal Singh

Gunner Jagmal Singh hailed from Bambuliya Kalan village of Itawa tehsil of Kota District in Rajasthan and was born on  03 August 1939. Son of an army veteran, Thakur Jodh Singh and Smt Karn Kanwar, he had two brothers Jagdish Singh and Shambhu Singh as

Captain John Albert Dalby

Capt John Albert Dalby hailed from Bangalore in Karnataka, where his family resided at Willington street of Bangaore at that time. He belonged to an Ango-Indian family and had two sisters Leonie & Margarette and a brother Peter as his siblings. He did his schooling

Captain G P Bhatnagar

Capt GP Bhatnagar hailed from Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Though his father was a leading Advocate in Agra, Capt Bhatnagar knew his calling was in the Armed Forces since his younger days. Consequently he continued to follow his passion and eventually joined the Army. He

Lieutenant A S Balasubramanian

Lieutenant AS Balasubramanian hailed from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and was born on 09 Sep 1938. Son of Shri KV Sundaram and Smt Kamalambal, he was the youngest among four siblings. He had three elder brothers AS Venkatakrishnan, AS Chandrashekaran, AS Dorai Rajan, and one

Second Lieutenant PS Kotnis

Second Lieutenant Prakash Narayan Shridhar Kotnis was born on 10 March 1939 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Shri SN Kotnis. He received his school education at Balmohan Vidyamandir, Mumbai. Service to the nation was a strong tradition in the Kotnis family. Two close relatives had served