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Lt Cdr Joginder Krishan Suri VrC

We are in the process of gathering additional information about this fallen soldier and are putting painstaking efforts in scouring the data available in public domain, towards that end. You may appreciate that it is a humongous task to curate the information about all the

Major AK Ghosh

Major Ashok Kumar Ghosh hailed from West Bengal and was born in a military family. Son of an army veteran, he also wanted to join the Armed Forces like his father and other brothers (His one brother JC Ghosh joined the Army and another brother

Sub Bishan Singh MVC

Sub Bishan Singh hailed from Purnain village in Ludhiana district of Punjab and was born on 14th Jan 1917. He was enrolled in the Sikh Regiment on 14 Jan 1933 at the age of 16 years. After completing his training he served in various operational;

Sub Shamsher Singh

Subedar Shamsher Singh, SM

Subedar Shamsher Singh hailed from Dodar village of Sarkaghat Tehsil in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. He completed his primary education from Government School Rakhoh and subsequently studied from Government School Sarkaghat. After completing his schooling, he joined army on 05th Aug 1977. He was recruited

Lance Hav Shishpal Singh SC

Lance Havaldar Shishpal Singh hailed from Dabri village of Nagaur district in Rajasthan was born on 05th Apr 1928. Son of Shri Moti Singh, L/Hav Shishpal Singh had inclination to join the Armed Forces since his younger days like many young boys of Rajasthan. Following

Rifleman Jethoo Singh VrC

Rifleman Jethoo singh hailed from Jhilmil village of Sikar district in Rajasthan and was born on 4 March 1942. Son of Shri Kal Singh and Smt Son Kanwar, Rfn Jethoo singh joined the Army on 4th March 1961 at the age of 19 years. He

Lt Vinod Kumar Jain NM

Lt  Vinod Kumar Jain was a young officer of the Indian Navy when the war with Pakistan broke out in 1971. He was a brilliant Electrical Engineer who was on board INS Khukri when it was torpedoed on 9 December 1971.   Lt Jain’s academic brilliance was

Risaldar Sagat Singh

Risaldar Sagat Singh hailed from Belwa Ranaji (now Sagat Nagar) in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan and was born on 10 Aug 1935. Son of an army veteran Sowar Simrat Singh, he was inspired by his father and always nursed the idea of serving in the

Major MH Khan VrC

Maj Mahmood Hasan khan hailed from Dhanuri village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan and was born on 02 March 1941. Son of Risaldar Nawab Mohd Hasan Khan, he was born in a military family, but lost his father at an early age. He was brought

Grenadier Rafiq Khan VrC

Grenadier Rafiq Khan hailed from Bikaner in Rajasthan was and was born on 27 December 1949. Son of Shri Gani Khan and Smt Rukiya Banu, Gdr Rafiq Khan joined the Indian Army after completing his schooling. He was enrolled into 5 Grenadiers of the Grenadiers,