Page 191 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

1. Major Som Nath Sharma (P): 4th Battalion Kumaon Regiment (1947, Kashmir)
2. Lance Naik Karam Singh: 1st Battalion Sikh regiment (1947, Kashmir)
3. 2nd Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane (P): Corps of Engineers (1948, Kashmir)
4. Naik Jadu Nath Singh (P): 1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment (1948, Kashmir)
5. Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat (P): 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (1948,
Kashmir)
6. Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria (P): 3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles/ The Malaun Regiment
(1961, Congo)
7. Major Dhan Singh Thapa 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles (1962, Ladakh)
8. Subedar Joginder Singh (P): 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment (1962, Tongpen La)
9. Major Shaitan Singh (P) 13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment (1962, Rezang La)
10. Company Quarter Master HavildarAbdul Hamid (P): 4th Battalion,The Grenadiers (1965,
Khemkaran)
11. Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore (P): 17th Poona Horse (1965, Phillora)
12. Lance Naik Albert Ekka (P): 14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards (1971, Gangasagar)
13. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon (P): No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force (1971,
Srinagar)
14. 2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal (P)17th Poona Horse (1971, Jarpal)
15. Major Hoshiar Singh 3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers (1971, Basantar River)
16. Naib Subedar Bana Singh 8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (1987, Siachen
Glacier)
17. Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran (P) 8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment (1987, Sri Lanka)
18. Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey (P) 1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles (1999, Kargil)
19. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav 18th Battalion, The Grenadiers (1999, Kargil)
20. Rifleman Sanjay Kumar13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (1999, Kargil)
21. Captain Vikram Batra (P) 13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (1999, Kargil)

Out of 21 recipients, 20 are from the Indian Army and one from the Indian Air Force. The Grenadiers
have received the most number of Param Vir Chakras, with 3 awards. 14 recipients have received it
posthumously.

Note:

 (P) Means Posthumous i.e. soldier laid down his life for his nation.
 The rank of second lieutenant is no longer used and all new officers are commissioned as
lieutenant.

SOMETHING
EXTRA FOR
YOUR
KNOWLEDGE.