Let's salute to our Indian Army together, We are proud to be Indian.
Major Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), an Indian Army officer, was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration. In 1942, Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad…
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев) was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR, on 27 August 1941. He studied in Taganrog's high school N24, 1949-1959. He was married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 7 May…
Neerja Bhanot, AC, ( 7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986),was an Indian model and purser for the airline Pan American World Airways, based in Mumbai, India. She lost her life trying to save passengers on Pan Am Flight 73,…
Arun Singh (born 29 August 1944) is a former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India. He was minister in the government headed by Rajiv Gandhi. Born a Rajkumar in the princely family of Kapurthala, Singh…
Lieutenant Colonel Shanti Swarup Rana was an Indian military officer, who was commissioned on June 11, 1977 into the 3rd Battalion of the Bihar Regiment. On 2 November 1996, Lt Col Swarup Rana while serving with 13 Rashtriya Rifles was…
Lt. Puneet Nath Datt (29 April 1973 – 20 July 1997), was an officer of the Indian Army's 11 Gorkha Rifles. He was posthumously awarded India's highest peace-time gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra for bravery displayed in an operation conducted against foreign terrorists hidden in…
Major Sudhir Kumar Walia was an Indian military officer with the 9 Parachute (Special Forces) unit. In 1988, he graduated from the Indian Military Academy as an officer in the 4 Jat Regiment. He was a member of the 70000 soldiers who were sent to Sri…
Kamlesh Kumari was an Indian constable who served with the Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, the highest possible award conferred during peacetime by the Republic of India. Kumari lost her life 13 December 2001 after successfully preventing…
Naik Rambeer Singh Tomar (August 15, 1970 – December, 2001) was an Indian military officer with the 15th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment.While being sent on deputation to 26 Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir Tomar single-handedly searched a house for terrorists. In the process, he killed four…
Subedar Surinder Singh was an Indian military officer with the 3rd Battalion of the Sikh Regiment. On 3 March 2002, he single-handedly killed four terrorists near the Line of Control in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.Singh killed one…