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EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Capt Vijayant Thapar was born on 26 Dec 1976 in a military family to Colonel V N Thapar and Mrs Tripta Thapar.  At the time of his birth his father was posted in Pathankot with an armoured brigade and so his name was kept 'VIJAYANT' the main battle tank of the army. Having brought up in the army family Capt Thapar always wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father. his childhood toys were guns and he would often march around wearing his father’s peak cap and holding his cane like an officer.  He studied at Tara hall,ST Mary's Academy and finally he finished his schooling from DAV college Chandigarh.He graduated from Khalsa College Delhi,he was a guy full of life and was a nature lover too his hobbies included swimming and bodybuilding.He was called Robin because of his love for nature.The carefree years of his early life were spent in an ancient mansion at Barrackpore, a military cantonment area in Kolkata,his sparkling childhood ...

Early Life and Education Ian Cardozo was born to Vincent Cardozo and Diana Cardozo in 1937 in Bombay,British India . He studied at St Xaviers college mumbai and has cleared his NDA exam to get commissioned into Indian Army . MILITARY CAREER Cardozo graduated from National Defence Academy and there after he joined IMA from where he was commissioned into the 1st battalion of 5 Gorkha Rifles,he also served into the 4,5 Gorkha and fought two war alongside them Indo-Pakistan war 1965 and Indo-Pakistan war 1971.He was the first cadet of NDA to get both Gold medal and Silver Medal.  Story Of his Exemplary Courage in 1971 War During the war of 1971 General Cardozo was attending the course at Defence Service Staff College ,his battalion was already deployed in Eastern province of Bangladesh so after his battalion's second in command was killed in action,Cardozo was ordered to replace him. He was the one who took part in Indian Army first heliborne...

Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey (25 june 1975-3 july 1999) was an Indian Army officer of the 1st battalion,11 Gorkha Rifles who was posthumously awarded the India's highest Military honor,Param Vir Chakra for his courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999.He laid his life in the line of duty during the attack on Jubar Top, Khalubar Hills in Batalik Sector,Kargil. Early Life  And Education Manoj Pandey was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha Village of Sitapur District (Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh).his father name was Gopi Chand Pandey and was a small businessman,he was the elder child of the family and completed his secondary education from Sainik School and senior secondary education from Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School.he had a keen interest in sports and mostly in boxing and body building,he was also awarded as the best junior NCC cadet of Uttar Pradesh Directorate in 1990,later he cleared NDA and got graduated from IMA in 90th course a...

Early Life and Education Anuj Nayyar was born on 28 august 1975 in Delhi,India.his father S.K Nayyar was a professor in delhi school of economics while his mother Meena Nayyar worked in south campus library of Delhi University. Capt Anuj received his higher education from Army Public School,Dhaula Kaun.He was consistent performer in his studies and sports at high school.He cleared NDA examination and graduated from NDA khadakwasla,Pune and was later commisioned into 17 JAT unit of JAT regiment in the Indian Army Love Story Capt. Anuj Nayar goes back to the commander and returned his engagement ring. He said " can you do me a favor sir", he opened the handkerchief, in that was her e ngagement ring.. he give it to the commander and said "sir please ap yeh angoothi rakh lijiye,meri mangetar ne yeh mujhe di thi agar me wapis na aya toh yeh usey wapis kar dena" Commander: " you will come back why you think like this? you will surely come b...

Early Life and Education Vikram Batra was born on 9 september 1974 in palampur,Himachal Pradesh.He was the third child of shree Girdharilal Batra and shreemati kamal kanta Batra ,he was born as twin and was elder of twin sons and had two elder sisters his secondary education was done in D.A.V school palampur and  he received senior secondary education from central school   Later,he attended D.A.V college and completed his graduation in medical science.At college,he joined the Air Wing of the NCC in his first year.During the Inter-State NCC camp he was awarded as the best Air wing cadet of North zone after that he went through 40 day paratrooping training. Following completion of his bachelor's degree in 1995,he went for his higher studies in chandigarh where he took admission in MA,so that he could prepare for CDS examination  in 1996 he qualified the examination and got selected in the SSB at Allahabad (also known as the rejection centre).b...

Early Life yogendra yadav belonging to an army family used to listen to the war stories of 1965 and 1971 in which his father participated and use to see himself in the battles fighting and winning over enemies so it was his elder brother who joined armed forces and on returning back from several months of duty suggested him to give a try in the indian army , he said "abhi toh inter kar rhe hai uske baad dekhte hai" but his big brother insisted him to give a try .He knew that once i participate in the entrance i will be qualified and mother of yogendra yadav ji thought the same,at that time his age was 16 year 5 month he went for the entry in army and eventually he got selected and it was his first (veni,vidi,vici). Life in Indian Army after joining the indian army he was trained for 1 year and was placed in 18 grenadiers regiment of indian army.it was the same regiment in which Abdul Hamid and Hoshiyar singh  served the country and he was proud ...

In the early days of May 1999, after patrols sent in the mountains disappeared indicating something was amiss, the 18th Grenadiers was pulled from the counter insurgency grid in the Valley and ordered to evict the intruders. The initial briefing by the commander of Kargil based 121 Brigade was that there were no more than 8 ƒ?? 10 infiltrators on the tops. " Just go up and bring them by the scruff of the neck " was the casual order. Tololing, a naked mountain, loomed large rising to 16000 feet, overlooking the town of Drass. With no cover a single steep track led to the top zig zagging along a narrow path. There was absolutely no cover for climbing troops. From their concrete bunkers and reinforced sangars the Pakistanis could see every inch of the track. There was nothing to hide behind but the faith of God.From this vantage point, the Pakistanis brought in heavy artillery fire on the National Highway NH 1A which was closest at this point. This brought movement on the highw...