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Major RK Dadkar VrC

Major Ramesh Kumar Dadkar hailed from Maharashtra and was born on 20th Aug 1942. He studied from Ramnarain Ruia College of Science and Arts in Mumbai and later joined the Indian Army. He was commissioned into 22 MLI battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment,

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Lance Naik Ram Ugram Pandey MVC

Lance Naik Ram Ugrah Pandey was born on 01 July 1942 to Shri Harakh Nandan Pandey and Smt. Samarth Devi in the village of Hema-Bansi, located in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. Growing up with values of courage, discipline and patriotism, he was inspired

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Major HD Manjrekar

Major HD Manjrekar hailed from Mumbai in Maharashtra. He was commissioned into 8 Guards battalion of the Brigade of Guards, one of the finest and most battle-hardened infantry regiments of the Indian Army. After completing his training, he served in various operational areas and developed

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Major KK Rao

Major Kalyanpur Krishnaji Rao hailed from Kallianpur village in South Kanara district (Present day Dakshin Kannada district) of Karnataka and was born in the year 1939.  Son of Shri Appaji Rao More and Smt Sundari Bai More, he had three sisters and a brother as

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Subedar Malkiat Singh MVC

Subedar Malkiat Singh hailed from Lohat Baddi village in Sangrur district of Punjab and was born on 31st May 1929. Son of  Shri Gurcharan Singh, he joined the army at the age of 18 years on  05th May 1947.  He was recruited into the 14

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2nd Lt Hawa Singh VrC

Second Lieutenant Hawa Singh hailed from Mirzapur village in Hisar district of Haryana, a region renowned for its proud martial traditions and deep-rooted association with the Armed Forces. He was born to Shri Sheokaran Singh and Smt Chand Kaur, who instilled in him the values

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Major Chaman Lal

Major Chaman Lal was born in Delhi, but hailed from Manimajra on the border of Punjab and Haryana and only a few kilometers from Himachal Pradesh as well. He was commissioned into 99 Mtn Regt of the Regiment of Artillery, an important combat support arm

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Guardsman Dina Nath Yadav

Guardsman Dina Nath Yadav hailed from Murarpatti village in Phulpur Tehsil of Allahabad (Prayagraj) district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 09 Sept 1944. Son of Shri Jhallar Yadav and Smt Chunnu Devi, Gdsm Dina Nath had four brothers Rajnath, Amarnath, Triloki Nath, and

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Grenadier Murad Khan VrC

Grenadier Murad Khan hailed from Khariya village of Nagaur district in Rajasthan and was born on 04 February 1950. Son of Shri Esmail Khan, Gdr Murad Khan joined the army after completing his school education on 04 February 1968 at the age of 18 years.

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Gunner Jagmal Singh

Gunner Jagmal Singh hailed from Karawara Manakpur village of Rewari district in Haryana and was born on 02 Apr 1947. Son of Shri Manohar Lal, he joined the Indian Army on 04 Aug 1967 at the age of 20 years. He was enrolled into 57

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Sepoy Banwari Lal VrC

Sepoy Banwari Lal, born on March 17, 1941, in Maurkhurd village of Bhatinda district, Punjab, was the son of Shri Shyochand and Smt Soni Devi. From a young age, he was deeply inspired by the valour, discipline, and dedication of the Indian Army, which ignited