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EAR 5 E John

EAR 5 E John was born on November 11th 1950 in a Naval family. Son of a Naval veteran P.E.John and Smt Sosamma John, he had three siblings, Mary Jacob, Varghese John and Jems Villa. As EAR 5 E John’s father was in the Navy,

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Cdr M Ommen VrC

Cdr Mukadavil Ommen hailed from the state of Kerala and was born on 01st Jul 1925.  After passing his intermediate examination, he joined the Navy and was commissioned into the Royal Indian Navy. He got trained as an Engineering Officer and worked on various types

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Naik Sugan Singh MVC

Naik Sugan Singh was born on 6th March 1942, at Ishar Navra village in Kheenvsar Tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan. Son of Shri Abey Singh and Smt Kishna Kanwar, Naik Sugan Singh joined the Indian Army on 6th March 1962 at the age of

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Flt Lt R G Kadam

Flt Lt Ramesh Gulabrao Kadam hailed from Maharashtra and was born on 28 Dec 1941. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 18 Apr 1964 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as

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Capt Ashok Kumar Karkare VrC

Captain Ashok Kumar Karkare was born in Wardha, Maharashtra on 30th June 1943. Son of Mr KB Karkare, he joined the Indian Army after completing his initial education. He was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery, an important combat support arm of Indian Army well

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Sepoy Mohan Singh Chib SM

Sepoy Mohan Singh hailed from Pathankot district of Punjab and was born in the year 1949. Son of Shri Abhay Singh and Smt Shanti Devi, Sepoy Mohan Singh completed his preliminary education in his native place and joined the army.  He was recruited into 1st

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Capt Jatinder Nath Sud VrC

Captain Jatinder Nath Sud hailed from Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh and was born on 3rd Mar 1942. Son of Shri Khushi Lal Sood and Smt Sushila Devi, he had two brothers Joginder Lal & Hemant and sister Sudershan as his siblings. Though coming from

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Captain U Ramdas

Captain U Ramdas hailed from the Thrissur district in Kerala. He was an extremely endearing human being who nurtured the idea of donning olive green right from his younger days. He studied at the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) in Doon Valley, Dehradun, and

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Major Rajender Singh Rajawat VrC

Major Rajender Singh Rajawat hailed from Kota district in Rajasthan was born on 04 October 1942. Son of Shri Shashi Kala Rajawat, Maj Rajender Singh Rajawat joined the Army on 30 June 1963 at the age of 21 years. He was commissioned into 18 Raj

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Sqn Ldr Jiwa Singh VrC

Squadron Leader Jiwa Singh, a distinguished fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF), was born on 15 July 1930 in Ambala district of Haryana. He was the son of Shri Tega Singh and displayed a keen interest in serving the nation from a young

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Capt Kuldip Singh Rathi VrC

Captain Kuldip Singh Rathi hailed from Sankhol village in Bahadurgarh district of Haryana and was born on 01 Aug 1947. Son of an army veteran Captain Tareef Singh Rathi, Capt KS Rathi was eldest among four siblings. Inspired by his father, he always wanted to

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Fg Off Man Mohan Singh

Fg Offr Man Mohan Singh hailed from the state of Punjab and was born on 08 Jan 1944. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 04 Jun 1967 at the age of 23 years. He was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF and

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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.