 Lt.
Colonel Vishwanathan
"We
grieve the loss of our son. But we are also proud he has
dedicated his life to the nation," - V Ramakrishnan, 60,
the father of Lt. Colonel Vishwanathan.
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 Lt.
Colonel Vijayraghavan
The
brave man of the 15 Kumaon Regiment made the supreme sacrifice
of his life on June 25 while leading counter-insurgency
operations near Machchal near the LoC. >>>
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Lt.
Colonel Sachin Kumar Kanderiya
Lt Col
Sachin Kumar Kanderiya was killed when a shell fired by the
Pakistani troops exploded near his post on the glacier.
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 Major
Ajay Singh Jasrotia
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Major
Kamlesh Pathak
There's
still some pain, but the injury is healing fast," wrote
Major Kamlesh Pathak. He was writing to his family in Rewa,
Madhya Pradesh about the bullet wounds he sustained earlier. Yet
he insisted on rejoining his unit and fell to enemy bullets.
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 Major
Padmaphani Acharya
"I
am prepared to sacrifice my other son also for the sake of our
motherland," his proud father said. Nation's second highest
wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Major
Padmaphani Acharya on 15th August 1999.
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 Major
Mariappan Saravanan
Major
M Sarvanan, the hero of Batalik, was finally among friends.
Martyred on May 29 after wresting two bunkers from the enemy,
Maj Sarvanan's mortal remains lay out of the reach of his men
until July 3. Nation's third highest wartime gallantry award VIR
CHAKRA was awarded to Major Mariappan Sarvanan on 15th August
1999.
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 Major
Rajesh Singh Adhikari
Adhikari
was leading the central arm of three 10-man teams trying to
capture a bunker at 16,000 ft. He died in the bloody assault but
the bunker was won. Nation's second highest wartime gallantry
award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari
on 15th August 1999.
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Major
Harminder Pal Singh
Major
Harminder Pal Singh proved to be a true follower of Sikh gurus,
when in a heroic act he laid down his life for the defence of
his motherland on the very day the nation was celebrating
tercentenary celebrations of the founding of Khalsa.
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 Major
Manoj Talwar
A
third generation officer, Maj Manoj Talwar, left the more
lucrative option of becoming an army doctor when he chose to
join the National Defence Academy. His father, Capt (Retd) P L
Talwar, is sad but proud that his son fought for the motherland.
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 Major
Vivek Gupta
There
was pride in her salute and sorrow in her eyes as Capt Jayshree
Gupta bid a final farewell to her slain husband Maj Vivek Gupta,
the hero of the first major victory achieved by the Indian
forces in Kargil. Maj Gupta and six others from his team
captured the Pt 4950 peak at Tuloling before they were killed in
fierce combat.
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 Major
Sonam Wangchuk
A
soft-spoken Buddhist soldier gives India one of its major
footholds in the icy mountains. Nation's second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Major Sonam
Wangchuk on 15th August 1999.
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 Major
Ajay Kumar
Major
Ajay Kumar belonged to 13 Mechanised Infantry. He was killed in
the Avantipur area when leading a search operation.
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 Captain
Amol Kalia
The
recapture of a key position in the Batalik sector by Capt Amol
Kalia and 13 of his men, all of whom died, was one of the
bravest acts seen in the Kargil sector. Nation's third highest
wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Captain Amol
Kalia on 15th August 1999.
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 Lt.
Kieshing Clifford Nongrum
Nation's
second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was
awarded to Lt. Kieshing Clifford Nongrum on 15th August 1999.
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 Captain
Sumeet Roy
Nation's
third highest wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Captain Sumit Roy on 15th August 1999.
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Captain
Amit Verma
The
23-year-old soldier was the only son of his proud parents and a
third generation army officer. His grandfather is a retired
major and the father a retired colonel. Both had been in battles
but Amit was the only one on whom martyrdom was bestowed in
Kargil.
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Captain
Pannikot Visvanath Vikram
"My
son has accomplished what I could not. I am really proud of
him," was the immediate reaction of Lieutenant Colonel
(retired) P K P Viswanatha Panickar when he heard about the
death of his son, Captain Pannikot Visvanath Vikram, 25, in a
shell attack at Kargil.
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Captain
Anuj Nayyar
Nation's
second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was
awarded to Captain Anuj Nair on 15th August 1999.
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Deputy
Commandant Joy Lall
Lall
(36), a valiant officer, was among the three ITBP personnel
killed at Gund in Jammu and Kashmir in a powerful landmine blast
triggered by terrorists.
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Captain
Vikram Batra
Nation's
highest wartime gallantry award PARAM VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Captain VIKRAM BATRA on 15th August 1999.
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Naik
Digendra Kumar
Nation's
second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was
awarded to Naik Digendra Kumar on 15th August 1999.
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 Captain
Jintu Gogoi
The
men of 17 Garhwal had charged into battle shouting 'Badri Vishal',
their battle cry. Of the four companies that went into battle
one officer and eleven jawans did not return. Nation's third
highest wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Captain Jintu Gogoi on 15th August 1999.
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 Lt.
Vijayant Thapar
Nation's
third highest wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Lt. Vijayant Thapar on 15th August 1999.
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 Lt.
N. Kenguruse
Nation's
second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was
awarded to Lt. N. Kenguruse on 15th August 1999.
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 Captain
Haneef Uddin
Attacked
by intruders and bombarded by artillery, he and his unit,
equipped only with small arms, fought to the end. Nation's third
highest wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Lt.
Hanif-u-din on 15th August 1999.
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 Lt.
Saurav Kalia
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Lt.
Amit Bharadwaj
Lt
Bharadwaj and his men were among the first to encounter the
enemy in the Kargil sector. He led the patrol after Captain
Saurav Kalia and his men from the same unit went missing in the
Kaksar area on May 8 near Bajrang post.
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Lt.
Balwan Singh
Nation's
second highest wartime gallantry award MAHA VIR CHAKRA was
awarded to Lt. Balwan Singh on 15th August 1999.
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Lt.
Manoj Kumar Pandey
Nation's
highest wartime gallantry award PARAM VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey on 15th August 1999.
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 Squadron
Leader Ajay Ahuja
Made
the supreme sacrifice for his country while remaining over
infiltrators-held positions to help coordinate rescue attempts
to locate Flt. Lt. Nachiketa, who had baled out after his plane
stalled due to an engine trouble. Nation's third highest wartime
gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Squadren Leader Ajay
Ahuja on 15th August 1999. >>>
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Squadron
Leader Rajiv Pundhir, Flight Lieutenant S. Muhilan, Sergeant Raj
Kishore Sahu and Sergeant PVNR Prasad
Four
crew members of the MI-17 helicopter gunship that was shot down
by an American Stinger Missile in Kargil.
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 Flight
Lieutenant S. Muhilan
The
young officer from Karnataka's Belgaum district made the supreme
sacrifice during the air-to-ground rocket attack against a
heavily missile defended area.
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 Flight
Lieutenant Nachiketa Rao
This
work explains the most timeless question of all existence,
"What lies beyond Death"? And it was Nachiketa who had
the courage to confront even Death in his pursuit of the answer.
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and Flight Engineer Raj Kishore Sahu
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Chaman Singh
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Naik
R. Kamraj
Kamraj
was looking forward to returning for good, after completing the
mandatory service period on January 3, 2000. Fate willed
otherwise.
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Naik
Kudeep Singh
A
choked Swaran Singh told senior Army officials that he was ready
to send his other three sons to the Army if the country needed
their services.
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 Naik
Birendra Singh Lamba
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Major
Manoj Talwar, Rifleman Bachhan Singh and Rifleman Jasvir Singh
Behind
the saga of gallantry of the Indian armed forces are little
known tales of a cruel and abrupt end to beautiful
relationships.
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Lance
Naik Shyam Singh
Nand
Ram, father of the martyr, said his son was one of many who had
laid down their lives and he was proud of his son. Shyam Singh
was one of the three jawans who were killed along with Captain
Vikram Batra on the night of July 6.
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 Naik
Surendra Pal
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Lance
Naik Shatrughan Singh
Hit by
a hail of enemy bullets, Lance Naik Shatrughan Singh crawled 10
eerie nights with the maggot-infested wound in his right leg
surviving on a handful of boiled rice and snow before being
rescued and shifted to a medical facility.
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Lance
Naik Ghulam Mohammed Khan
Nation's
third highest wartime gallantry award VIR CHAKRA was awarded to
Lance Naik Gulam Mohammed Khan on 15th August 1999.
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Lance
Naik MR Sahu
God
willing peace would come soon," Sahu had written to his
friend. But death came first.
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Lance
Naik Ahmed Ali
"I
am proud of my son as he sacrificed his life while protecting
his country," said Abdul Majid Khan, father of Lance Naik
Ahmed Ali, who died fighting the intruders in Batalik sector on
July 2.
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 Havaldar
Major Yashvir Singh Tomar
Atop Tololing, he charged an enemy bunker and threw 18 grenades. He
was found dead later, rifle in hand. No Tears: Yashvir's father
says his grandsons too will serve the Indian army.
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 Naik
Ganesh Yadav
Although
his death's left Ganesh's young wife Pushpa Rai dazed, she is
confident of sending their 18-month-old son Abhishek to complete
the "unfinished task of my husband".
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Lance
Naik Vijay Singh, Naik Kishan Lal, Naik Rampal Singh
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Sumer Singh Rathore
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 Naik
Surendra Singh
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Naik
Sucha Singh
Naik
Sucha Singh was killed in a blast in the Kargil area on July 15.
Naik Sucha Singh leaves behind his wife Jasbir Kaur and four
sons.
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Naik
Surjeet Singh, Rifleman Rattan Chand, Naik Jugal Kishore,
Havildar Abdul Karim, Havildar Daler Singh Bahu, Rifleman
Mohammad Farid, Rifleman Mohammad Aslam
Seven
martyrs of 12 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI), who laid
down their lives fighting intruders in the Batalik sub-sector in
Kargil.
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Sepoy
Dineshbhai, Sepoy Harendragiri Goswamy, Naik S.N. Malik, Sepoy
Amrish Pal Banghi, Lance Naik Satpal Singh, Rifleman Satbir
Singh, Rifleman Jagmal Singh
Seven
Army personnel who died while fighting Pakistani infiltrators in
Kargil sector.
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Raj Kumar Punia
Punia
was part of a frontal attack stalled by a machine-gun nest.
While crawling up he was hit, but before he died he hurled a
grenade and silenced the nest.
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Havaldar
Baldev Raj
Havildar
Baldev Raj of 7 Dogra Regiment, a resident of Benewal village in
Hoshiarpur district died in a mine blast in Chhamjorian sector
of Jammu and Kashmir.
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 Havaldar
Jai Prakash Singh
Attacked
on the ridges, he kept fighting and tried to evacuate injured
colleagues before blown up.
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Havaldar
Mahavir Singh
Havildar
Mahavir Singh of Jat Regiment and a resident of Ghirai village
in Hansi subdivision of the district laid down his life in the
Kargil sector.
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Havaldar
Mani Ram
The
Intelligence Corps described Mani Ram as a "Tiger Hill
martyr who rose against the wind." He died on July 3 while
fighting Pakistan regulars and Mujahideens in the Kargil sector.
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Havaldar
Rajbir Singh
Havildar
Rajbir Singh died on May 15 while recapturing the Bajrang post
in Kaksar sector from the Pakistani intruders. He belonged to 4
Jat Regiment.
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Havaldar
Satbir Singh
Then
Havildar Satbir Singh came, the last one to return after
capturing Black Rocks. His colleagues' hands and legs moved out
of sync. Probably because they didn't want to welcome the hero
this way. Satbir Singh was dead. Four jawans of the unit climbed
the Shaktiman truck and brought him down.
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 Subedar
Bhanwar Singh Rathod
A
shell from a Pakistani artillery gun tore open the entrails of
Subedar Bhanwar Singh Rathore of 1871 medium artillery regiment
in Kargil sector on June 17. That was 44 days before he was to
put on the olive green uniform for the last time, get a warm
send-off from his unit, and return home at this village in Pali
district of Rajasthan and prepare for his daughter's wedding.
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Rifleman
Linkon Pradhan
Linkon,
in his 20s, died on June 8 while assaulting Tiger Hills at
Kargil. Two bullets in the chest put paid to a brave life. As
also the lives of a 20-year-old wife of two years, a year-old
son, schoolteacher father Harinarayan, brother Alanja, 16.
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Rifleman
Yogendra Singh
"I'm
going home soon". He did. But in a coffin, escorted by mate
Joginder to his village in Johragaon, near Aligarh. He died
while stalking militants in Kupwara forests.
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Rifleman
Sanjay Kumar
Killing
five enemy personnel, lifting a machine gun while hit by a
bullet in thigh muscle, lobbying a grenade and clearing a
important army post. It is not a narration of any popular
bollywood film but a real life scene enacted by Rifleman Sanjay
Kumar of the 13 JAK Rif in "Operation Vijay" while
capturing army post in the Mushkoh Valley. Nation's highest
wartime gallantry award PARAM VIR CHAKRA was awarded to Rifleman
Sanjay Kumar on 15th August 1999.
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Grenadier
Manohar Singh
Grenadier
Manohar Singh was one of the several soldiers who had charged up
the Tuloling peak on the intervening night of 12 and 13 June. He
was one of the 13 killed in an artillery burst which also left
six others injured.
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Gunner
Uddabh Das
He was
martyred on the Tiger Hill in the Kargil sector while trying to
position an artillery gun. Mrs Khageswari Devi, Udhab's mother,
refused to shed tears. "I am proud my son laid down his
life for his country", she said.
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 Sepoy
Amardeep Singh
He and
a colleague were part of an ambushed patrol. They were killed
trying desperately to reach the dead.
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Sepoy
Vijay Pal Singh
On
June 12, 7.30 am, a hand grenade tore Vijaypal's head apart
while he was returning army fire from his post 10 km from the
LoC. "Main barah ki subah phone karta raha, ghanti bajti rahi," says his inconsolable father. "Mujhe kya pata
tha woh sari baat kar chuka tha."
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Sepoy
Virendra Kumar
Sepoy
Virinder Kumar of 17 Jat Regiment hailing from Mohna village,
near here, was killed while fighting against the Pakistani
intruders in the Mushkoh valley during the successful capturing
of the Tiger Hill.
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Sepoy
Yashwant Singh
20-year-old
Yashwant Singh laid down his life for the motherland in the
Kargil sector. "I am proud that he gave his life in honour
of his motherland, but my only regret is that he was too young
to die," his father said in a voice choked with emotion.
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Sepoy
Santokh Singh
Mortal remains of Sepoy
Santokh Singh (28), of 20 J and K Rifles were consigned to flames
yesterday at his native village Jatoli with full military and state
honours.
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 Sepoy
Raswinder Singh
Part
of the first column given the task of taking the crucial Tiger
Hill overlooking the Srinagar-Leh highway, he killed three
intruders before he was shot in the head.
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Constable
Suraj Bhan (SPG)
The
father of Suraj Bhan Sh Jamna Das is a tall and tough person.
'I know he has died a lion's death and it is a matter of pride
for me inspite of the blow which his death has inflected on us'.
Suraj Bhan was just 22.
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Sepoy
Bajindra Singh
While
military honour is accorded to officers who lay down their lives
fighting for the nation, no military or civil official bothered
to even lay a wreath on the mortal remains of 24-year-old
soldier, Bajinder Singh, who died fighting infiltrators, in the
Dras sector, on the Indo-Pak border.
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Sepoy
Deep Chand
Slogans
of "Deep Chand, amar rahe, amar rahe" and
"Pakistan of barbad, ho barbad", rent the air as Mr
Vinod Kumar, cousin of the martyr, lit the pyre.
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Sepoy
Dondibha Desai
Hope
shattered for the family of 22-year-old Sepoy Dhondiba Desai who
died in a mine blast at Kargil.
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Sepoy
Keolanand Dwivedi
The
brave soldier probably knew he'd never come back. He died on
June 6 of bullet wounds, having surprised and taken on five
infiltrators in their hideout in Kargil.
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Sepoy
Harjindra Singh
The
soldier laid down his life while fighting Pak intruders in
Sambha sector in Jammu and Kashmir. "Our son has made the
supreme sacrifice for the nation and we are proud to be his
parents", said Mr Kesar Singh and Mrs Harbhajan Kaur,
father and mother of the martyr.
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Sepoy
Jaswant Singh
Sepoy
Jaswant Singh of 10 Sikh Light Infantry, laid down his life on
July 6, in Kargil in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with the
Pakistani intruders. His father Swaran Singh, said he was proud
of his son's bravery.
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 Sepoy
Jaswinder Singh
Injured,
he crawled on, firing buying time for his patrol till he was
shot dead. His family is stoic. "Someone has to die to stop
the enemy," whispers his father.
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Sepoy
Lal Singh
As the
body of the martyr was brought to the village a large number of
villagers raised slogans "shaheed Lal Singh amar rahe".
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 Sepoy
R. Selva Kumar
He
bravely fought the enemy in the Kargil sector and laid down his
life for the country on May 29 when he was hit by the enemy
shells.
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Sepoy
Rakesh Kumar (16 Dogra)
Sepoy
Rakesh Kumar of 16 Dogra, was killed in artillery firing by
Pakistan in Naushahra sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The
22-year-old soldier was the only son of his parents.
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