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Flying Officer Jagat Singh Toor

Flying Officer Jagat Singh Toor hailed from Punjab and joined the Indian Air Force after completing his school education. He was commissioned on 18 Apr 1964 the flying stream of the IAF. He got trained as a navigator as part of 27th NAV Course. After

Subedar Ajit Singh MVC

Subedar Ajit Singh was born on 8 April 1933 in Sobhana village of Jalandhar district, Punjab. He was the son of Shri Ujagar Singh and grew up in a simple rural environment, imbibing the values of discipline, hard work, and service from an early age.

Sepoy Satbir Singh

Sepoy Satbir Singh hailed from Kanjhawla village in Nangloi tehsil of Delhi and was born on 13 Nov 1944. Son of Shri Tara Chand and Smt Dhankaur, he had a younger brother Satya Dev Dabas as his sibling. He joined the Army on 13 Nov

Sqn Ldr AK Rawlley

Sqn Ldr Ajit Kumar Rawlley was born on 16th Nov 1934 in a well known Rawlley family. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 17 Jul 1954 at the age of 20 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got

Capt Ramesh Chandra Bakshi VrC

Captain Ramesh Chandra Bakshi hailed from New Delhi and was born on 25 July 1941. Son of Shri KD Bakshi, he joined the Army after completing his initial education. He passed out of the Training Academy on 17 Dec 1961 as Second Lieutenant at the

Guardsman Dambar Bahadur Chhetri VrC

Guardsman Dambar Bahadur Chhetri hailed from Lapsibot village of Pallo Nawakot district in Nepal and was born on 4th April 1945. Son of Shri Dina Nath Chhetri, he joined the Indian Army after completing his initial schooling on 04 Apr 1963 at the age of

Major Greesh Chandra Verma VrC

Major Greesh Chandra Verma hailed from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh was born on 29 August 1939. Son of Shri SP Verma, he joined the Army after completing his initial education. He passed out of the Training Academy on 18 Dec 1960 as Second Lieutenant at

Major Sat Prakash Varma VrC

Major Sat Prakash Varma hailed from Jatheri village in Sonipat district of present-day Haryana (Erstwhile undivided Punjab) and was born on 09 Mar 1942. Son of Shri Dip Chand Varma, he joined the Army after completing his education.  He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant into

Sqn Ldr A K Bhagwagar

Sqn Ldr Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 30 Nov 1956 in the flying stream of the IAF. He got trained as a fighter pilot and graduated as part of 70th Pilots' Course. After completing his flying training, he served

Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj

Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj hailed from Delhi and was born in the year 1940.  He studied from Modern School Barakhamba in New Delhi.  He was very quite passionate about joining the Air Force and worked at realizing his dream. Eventually, he got selected for the prestigious

Flight Lieutenant V M Joshi

Flight Lieutenant Vijay Madhav Joshi hailed from Pune in Maharshtra and was born on 28th March 1940. Son of Shri Madhav Krishna Joshi and Smt Nalini Joshi, Flt Lt Vijay Madhav Joshi had two sisters Mohini and Vidya as his siblings. In his early childhood

Gunner Sujan Singh

Gunner Sujan Singh hailed from a family of Gurdaspur in Punjab, which had migrated from Sialkot in Pakistan during partition. He had five brothers as his siblings and grew up in a family of farmers. Like many youths in Punjab, he was also inclined to

Lt Col MV Gore

Lt Col MV Gore hailed from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He was enrolled in the 4th Gwalior Infantry and took part in World War II. The 4th Gwalior Infantry later joined the 14 Kumaon battalion along with the Indore Infantry (later 15 Kumaon) in 1953.