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Our Army Our Pride

Soldiers are one of the most valuable assets of any country. They are the protectors of the nation and
they safeguard its citizens at all costs.

Write their names in the given blanks. You may use the Help Box.

He was killed in action battling Pakistani forces during the Kargil
1 War in 1999 at the age of 24. He was given the highest wartime
gallantry award Param Vir Chakra posthumously on 7th July 1999.

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He showed the utmost courage, gallantry, and determination to
capture the Tiger Hill on the night of 3rd and 4th July 1999 during 2
the Kargil War. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra.

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He and his team climbed several hundreds of metres high ice wall
and captured Pakistan’s Quaid post. He was awarded the Param Vir
3 Chakra on 26 January 1988.

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He was an Indian Army Major in the 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles 4
Regiment. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. India’s highest
military decoration. ________________________

He was in the forward company of 14 GUARDS during the attack
5 on the enemy defences in Gangasagar in the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra.

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Fact File

Help Box General Bipin Rawat was India’s
first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
Naib Subedar Bana Singh, Captain Vikram Batra, Lance Naik Albert Ekka, Unfortunately, he died in a
Naib Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav, Lt. Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa chopper crash in December 2021.

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