Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
…capturing Area Flat Top on July 4, 1999 during the Kargil war. The area was held by Pakistan military. Having scaled the cliff, the team was pinned down by machine…
Major Hoshiar Singh
…in NEFA. In the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, he saw some action in the Rajasthan sector. Honoured with Param Vir Chakra During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, the 3rd battalion of…
Dr. Zakir Husain (8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969)
…in 1963. Early life and background Hussain was born in Etawah, India. Zakhir Hussain was a an ethnic Pashtun. His family had migrated to Hyderabad from Kaimganj, district Farrukhabad in…
Aruna Asaf Ali
…prisoners. Other women co-prisoners refused to leave the premises unless she was also released and gave in only after Mahatma Gandhi intervened. A public agitation secured her release. In 1932,…
Rama Raghoba Rane
…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 his 21 years’ service with…
Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
…positions but was frustrated in all the attempts. The most serious threat, however, developed when the enemy attacked with a regiment of Patton tanks at 0800 hours on September 10….
Sachin Tendulkar
…insurance industry. Ramesh named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar has three elder siblings: two half-brothers Nitin and Ajit, and a half-sister Savita. They were Ramesh’s…
Lance Naik Albert Ekka
…injuring the other. However, the MMG was still firing. Ekka scaled a side wall, entered the bunker, bayoneted the enemy soldier holding the MMG nest, and silenced the MMG. By…