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Rifleman Netrabhan Singh SC

Rifleman Netrabhan Singh hailed from Gadrata village in Khetri tehsil of Jhunjhunun district in Rajasthan. Son of an Army veteran Hari Kishan Singh and Smt Chand Kanwar, he wanted to serve in the Armed Forces since his childhood like his father (A veteran of WW

Lance Naik Kishan Chand SC

Lance Naik Kishan Chand Yadav hailed from Jahajgarh village in Jhajjar district of Haryana and was born on 12 Feb 1960. Son of Shri Ramkumar Yadav and Smt Manbari Devi, he completed his initial education from his village. Thereafter, he joined the Army on 09

Naik Didar Singh

Naik Didar Singh hailed from Sindhar village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab. Son of Shri Mohinder singh and Smt Daleep kaur, Naik Didar Singh was born on 22 Aug 1955. Like many young men of his village, he too was inclined to

Nb Sub Gabdu Ram

Nb Sub Gabdu Ram hailed from Nahida village in  Mahwa tehsil of Dausa district in Rajasthan and was born on 2nd Aug 1952. Son of Shri Dhandhu Ram Gurjar and Smt Jaanjan Devi, he had a brother Lakhan Singh as his sibling. He joined the

Colonel N Jayachandran Nair AC KC

Colonel N Jayachandran Nair was born on February 17, 1951, in Ernakulam, Kerala. Popularly known as “NJ”, Col N Jayachandran Nair is one of the most decorated officers in the Indian Army.  Col Nair studied in the Sainik School, Kazhakootam, Kerala and later joined the

Maj Abhijit Kumar Das

Major Abhijit Kumar Das hailed from Nagaon district of Assam and was born on 30th Jan 1962. Son of Dr Ajit Kumar Das and Smt Anjali Das, Maj Abhijit had three brothers Amit, Surajit & Debojit as his siblings. He did his initial schooling from

Major Kamal Kalia SC

Major Kamal Kalia was born on 5th Jan 1958 in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Son of Shri A S Ram Kalia and Smt Asha Kalia, he had two elder sisters Lata & Indu, and one younger brother Yogesh as his siblings. Though his father originally

Havaldar Tukaram Patil

Havaldar Tukaram V Patil hailed from Vasigaon in Sangli district of Maharashtra. He joined the army after completing his school education, following into the footsteps of his elder brother. He was recruited into 4 MLI of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, an infantry regiment well