Category: Param Vir

Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was born on August 18, 1923 in Mumbai. He belongs to the family of General Ratanjiba who led the army of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who was awarded 100 villages of which Tarapore was main village. The name Tarapore comes for the same reason. Later his grandfather relocated to Hyderabad and […]

Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid (July 1, 1933 – September 10, 1965) was a soldier in the 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, who died in the Khem Karan sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and was the posthumous recipient of the Republic of India‘s highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra. The award was […]

Subedar Joginder Singh Sahnan (26 September 1921 – 23 October 1962), a Saini [1] Sikh , born in Faridkot, Punjab was a Subedar in the Indian Army who distinguished himself by wining Param Vir Chakra, the highest war time gallantry award of Indian Army that any soldier can aspire for. On 28 September 1936, he […]

Major Dhan Singh Thapa (April 10 1928 – September 6 2005) was an Indian Army major in 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles Regiment. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration. Biography Dhan Singh Thapa was born to P. S. Thapa in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He was commissioned into the 8th Gurkha […]

Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria (born 29 November 1935; Gurdaspur, Punjab – 1961) is a military war hero, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest wartime military award. Military career Gurbachan Singh Salaria was from village Jangla near Shakragarh in Gurdaspur, Punjab. He belonged to a farming family and his father’s name was Chaudhary […]

Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat (born 20 May 1918, Rampura Beri- Churu Rajputana, India) was a soldier in the British Indian Army. He died in service during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest award for valour in the face of the enemy. Company Havildar was […]

Naik Jadu Nath Singh, a Rathore Rajput, was born on 21 November 1916 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was enrolled in the 1 Rajput on 21 November 1941. During the Jammu & Kashmir operations in the winter of 1947, the capture of Jhangar on December 24th, by the Pakistani raiders, placed them in an advantageous […]

Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane, was born on 26 June 1918 at Chendia, Karwar, Karnataka, India. He comes from Konkan Maratha Community of Karwar. His statue has been erected in Karwar. He was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers on 15 December 1947. He retired as a Major from the Indian Army in 1968. During […]

Lance Naik Karam Singh MM, a Sikh, was born on 15 September, 1915 in Barnala, Punjab . He is an Indian military war hero who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest wartime military award, in 1948. Karam Singh retired from the Indian Army as Honorary Captain. He is survived by his wife Gurdial […]