Gunner Harsit Bhadoriya was born in the year 1993 and his family originally hailed from Quarri village in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. However his family moved to Rajasthan in Banswara district where his father worked in a cloth mill and mother in a school.
Major Puran Singh Rathore hailed from Manera village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan and was born on 04th July 1927. Son of Shri Kana Singh, Major Puran Singh lost his mother when he was barely two years old. He joined the Walter
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
Captain Narender Singh Ahlawat hailed from Dighal village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. Son of an army veteran Major Ran Singh and Smt Nehali Dev, Capt Narender Singh came from a military family wherein his grandfather Shri Chaudhary Sohan Singh Ahlawat too served as a
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was born on 15 March 1977 in Kozhikode, Kerala. Maj Sandeep Unnikrishnan came from a Nair family residing in Bangalore, where they had moved from Cheruvannur, in Kozhikode District of Kerala. The only child of an ISRO officer Shri K. Unnikrishnan and
Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik was born on 15th January 1977 in Pogarwadi in the city of Satara in Maharashtra. Son of a dairy farmer, Col Mahadik grew up to be a keen sportsman and was a champion boxer, goalkeeper, and runner. He did his schooling
Sqn Ldr Veera Venkata Satyanarayanamurty Sunkar was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 07 Nov 1963. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Mechanical stream as part of the 27 DEO course. Thereafter
Flight Lieutenant Om Prakash Arora was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 05 Dec 1970. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Electronics stream as part of the 47 DEO course. Thereafter he
Wing Commander Clarence Joseph D'Lima hailed from Goa and was born on 09 Feb 1938. He got selected for the prestigious NDA after his schooling and joined the 15th NDA Course He passed out of the NDA on 01 Dec 1958 and thereafter went for
Wg Cdr Joginder Singh hailed from Punjab and was born on 01st Feb 1936. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 19 Dec 1959 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained