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India is a land of braves and sometimes the word Brave is not enough to describe the bravery of our Soldiers. War or No War Indian Soldiers are always ready to defend their country against the enemies.
These Indian soldiers bravery are on next level. You have seen movies of many fighters but these Indian Soldiers will tear them apart.
1. Yogender Singh Yadav
During 1999 Kargil war, Yogendra Singh Yadav showed immense bravery. On 4th July 1999 he was in tasked to capture the Tiger Hill, a 16,500 foot badass mountain. Yadav volunteered but in half way to the mountain enemy opened assault on him and his team. Few members died but he somehow managed to climb up the mountain. He was hit with three bullets but he crawled to the first enemy bunker and blew them up with grenade. He then killed four Pakistani soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. And then his team captured the “Tiger Hill”. He was seriously injured and sent to hospital. The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav posthumously, but guess what he never died. In hospital the officials mixed up him with other guy with same name.
2. Abdul Hamid
In 1965 Indo-Pak war, Abdul Hamid was given a job to hold the enemies in Asal Utar. But with surprise Pakistani came up with American Patton Tanks, the best at that time. Where Abdul Hamid and his team had only a Jeep with 160mm recoilless rifle shot. But he used his brain, he hid in sugarcane fields and when Tanks came near he shot them and blew them up. He blew two tanks while three tanks were abandoned by Pakistanis. The next day Pakistan came up with bigger force, Abdul Hamid stood on his ground and blew five more tanks while Enemies tried to figure out his location but in the end one missile hit his jeep. But he held the Pakistani force long enough and Indian force came and destroyed the rest of tanks. Abdul Hamid was awarded with Param Veer Chakra.
3. Major Som Nath Sharma
On 3rd Nov 1947, after Partition Pakistan attacked India to take control of Kashmir. Major Somnath Sharma was ordered on a fighting patrol to Badgam village in Kashmir. More than 700 “lashkar” raiders surrounded Major and his team. Major knew the importance of holding this place as both city of Srinagar and airport would be vulnerable if they lost. Under heavy fire and outnumbered seven to one, he urged his company to fight bravely. Major Sharma, with his left hand in plaster, took upon himself the task of filling the magazines and issuing them to men, while operating light machine guns. But during the fight, a mortar shell exploded near him. His last message to Brigade HQ received a few moments before he was killed was: “The enemies are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.”
His bravely brought some time for Indian troops and they prevented the enemies to reach in city. In this manner, Somnath Sharma prevented the fall of Srinagar and arguably the Kashmir Valley to Pakistan. He was later awarded with Param Veer Chakra.
4. Naib Subedar Chuni Lal
Chuni Lal was a brave solder, he took part in 1987 Operation Rajiv and he was even active during Kargil War 1999, where he was awarded with Vir Chakra. But he took his bravery to another level on 24th June 2007. He was in charge of a post in Kupwara, J&K. The post was at height of 14,000 feet where visibility on that cloudy night was just 5 meters and temperature was minus 5 degrees. Around 3:30am, he detected some movement across the fence on the Line of Control and decided to check it. He deployed his soldiers at the LoC. An exchange of fire followed, which continued for almost an hour. His two men were seriously injured and Chuni Lal went to save them in between the enemy’s assault. He crawled towards the men and pulled them to safe location, in this process Chuni Lal was hit by bullets. He continued to search area and found another attacker trying to escape but Chuni Lal charged him and killed him, unfortunately Chuni Lal was hit by a bullet in his abdominal. He took cover behind a rock, continued to fire and did not allow the other attackers to break the cordon. Under his leadership the two remaining attackers were also killed. He was sent to hospital but due to loss of blood he died in the helicopter. He was awarded with “Ashok Chakra”.
5. Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum
Keishing Clifford Nongrum was a Indian Army officer during Kargil 1999. On 30th June 1999, he was tasked to assault the feature from South East direction in order to capture thePoint 4812. Lieutenant Nongrum and his team first climb the near impossible vertical feature and when they reached the top they are welcomed with strong enemy assault. The enemy bunkers were strong and were invulnerable to artillery fire by Indian Solders. Lieutenant Nongrum saw this and knew that if he didn’t do something his whole team will be dead in minutes. Without any second thought of his life Lieutenant Nongrum ran towards the bunker and threw grenades into them and killed six enemy soldiers. He tried to snatch machine gun of the enemy from the bunker and received volley of bullets. He was severely wounded but refused to be evacuated and fought bravely. This act resulted in the ultimate capture of Point 4812. He was awarded with Maha Vir Chakra.
6. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
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Nirmal Jit Singh was an officer of Indian Air Force. During the war of 1971 Indo-Pak, on 14th Dec 1971 Srinagar airfield was attacked by Six Pakistani Air Force jets. Flying Officer Sekhon was on readiness duty at that time. As soon as the first aircraft attacked, Sekhon rolled for take-off as No 2 in a two-Gnat formation. The bombs falling on runway delayed their take off due to smoke but Nirmal Jit Singh took off and in between lost visuals with his No 1. Which made Nirmal to handle the muddle all by himself. In a very high intense air battle Sekhon scored a direct hit on one and set another ablaze. He made all the enemies run away but he was hit and was advised to return which he denied. He is said to have flown in straight, wings level for some time, then going inverted, plummeting down, probably due failure of control system. He attempted a last-minute ejection, which did not prove successful. The bravery, flying skill and determination displayed by Flying Officer Sekhon, against odds of 1:6, earned him India’s highest wartime medal for gallantry, the Param Vir Chakra.
7. Major Shaitan Singh
We lost 1962 war against China but there was a hero Major Shaitan Singh. He held the crucial position at Rezang La, a pass on the south-eastern approach to Chushul Valley in Ladakh, at 16,404 feet. It was cold and dark, Major Singh and his 120 men were at post fighting against 6000 Chinese. Major Shaitan Singh was killed and the post was taken by Chinese army but he and his men killed 1500 Chinese soldiers and the causality was more than 5000. Major held the post till his last breathe. He was later awarded Param Vir Chakra for his bravery.
These Indian soldiers bravery are on next level. You have seen movies of many fighters but these Indian Soldiers will tear them apart.
1. Yogender Singh Yadav
During 1999 Kargil war, Yogendra Singh Yadav showed immense bravery. On 4th July 1999 he was in tasked to capture the Tiger Hill, a 16,500 foot badass mountain. Yadav volunteered but in half way to the mountain enemy opened assault on him and his team. Few members died but he somehow managed to climb up the mountain. He was hit with three bullets but he crawled to the first enemy bunker and blew them up with grenade. He then killed four Pakistani soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. And then his team captured the “Tiger Hill”. He was seriously injured and sent to hospital. The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav posthumously, but guess what he never died. In hospital the officials mixed up him with other guy with same name.
2. Abdul Hamid
In 1965 Indo-Pak war, Abdul Hamid was given a job to hold the enemies in Asal Utar. But with surprise Pakistani came up with American Patton Tanks, the best at that time. Where Abdul Hamid and his team had only a Jeep with 160mm recoilless rifle shot. But he used his brain, he hid in sugarcane fields and when Tanks came near he shot them and blew them up. He blew two tanks while three tanks were abandoned by Pakistanis. The next day Pakistan came up with bigger force, Abdul Hamid stood on his ground and blew five more tanks while Enemies tried to figure out his location but in the end one missile hit his jeep. But he held the Pakistani force long enough and Indian force came and destroyed the rest of tanks. Abdul Hamid was awarded with Param Veer Chakra.
3. Major Som Nath Sharma
On 3rd Nov 1947, after Partition Pakistan attacked India to take control of Kashmir. Major Somnath Sharma was ordered on a fighting patrol to Badgam village in Kashmir. More than 700 “lashkar” raiders surrounded Major and his team. Major knew the importance of holding this place as both city of Srinagar and airport would be vulnerable if they lost. Under heavy fire and outnumbered seven to one, he urged his company to fight bravely. Major Sharma, with his left hand in plaster, took upon himself the task of filling the magazines and issuing them to men, while operating light machine guns. But during the fight, a mortar shell exploded near him. His last message to Brigade HQ received a few moments before he was killed was: “The enemies are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.”
His bravely brought some time for Indian troops and they prevented the enemies to reach in city. In this manner, Somnath Sharma prevented the fall of Srinagar and arguably the Kashmir Valley to Pakistan. He was later awarded with Param Veer Chakra.
4. Naib Subedar Chuni Lal
Chuni Lal was a brave solder, he took part in 1987 Operation Rajiv and he was even active during Kargil War 1999, where he was awarded with Vir Chakra. But he took his bravery to another level on 24th June 2007. He was in charge of a post in Kupwara, J&K. The post was at height of 14,000 feet where visibility on that cloudy night was just 5 meters and temperature was minus 5 degrees. Around 3:30am, he detected some movement across the fence on the Line of Control and decided to check it. He deployed his soldiers at the LoC. An exchange of fire followed, which continued for almost an hour. His two men were seriously injured and Chuni Lal went to save them in between the enemy’s assault. He crawled towards the men and pulled them to safe location, in this process Chuni Lal was hit by bullets. He continued to search area and found another attacker trying to escape but Chuni Lal charged him and killed him, unfortunately Chuni Lal was hit by a bullet in his abdominal. He took cover behind a rock, continued to fire and did not allow the other attackers to break the cordon. Under his leadership the two remaining attackers were also killed. He was sent to hospital but due to loss of blood he died in the helicopter. He was awarded with “Ashok Chakra”.
5. Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum
Keishing Clifford Nongrum was a Indian Army officer during Kargil 1999. On 30th June 1999, he was tasked to assault the feature from South East direction in order to capture thePoint 4812. Lieutenant Nongrum and his team first climb the near impossible vertical feature and when they reached the top they are welcomed with strong enemy assault. The enemy bunkers were strong and were invulnerable to artillery fire by Indian Solders. Lieutenant Nongrum saw this and knew that if he didn’t do something his whole team will be dead in minutes. Without any second thought of his life Lieutenant Nongrum ran towards the bunker and threw grenades into them and killed six enemy soldiers. He tried to snatch machine gun of the enemy from the bunker and received volley of bullets. He was severely wounded but refused to be evacuated and fought bravely. This act resulted in the ultimate capture of Point 4812. He was awarded with Maha Vir Chakra.
6. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Source – Mensxp
Nirmal Jit Singh was an officer of Indian Air Force. During the war of 1971 Indo-Pak, on 14th Dec 1971 Srinagar airfield was attacked by Six Pakistani Air Force jets. Flying Officer Sekhon was on readiness duty at that time. As soon as the first aircraft attacked, Sekhon rolled for take-off as No 2 in a two-Gnat formation. The bombs falling on runway delayed their take off due to smoke but Nirmal Jit Singh took off and in between lost visuals with his No 1. Which made Nirmal to handle the muddle all by himself. In a very high intense air battle Sekhon scored a direct hit on one and set another ablaze. He made all the enemies run away but he was hit and was advised to return which he denied. He is said to have flown in straight, wings level for some time, then going inverted, plummeting down, probably due failure of control system. He attempted a last-minute ejection, which did not prove successful. The bravery, flying skill and determination displayed by Flying Officer Sekhon, against odds of 1:6, earned him India’s highest wartime medal for gallantry, the Param Vir Chakra.
7. Major Shaitan Singh
We lost 1962 war against China but there was a hero Major Shaitan Singh. He held the crucial position at Rezang La, a pass on the south-eastern approach to Chushul Valley in Ladakh, at 16,404 feet. It was cold and dark, Major Singh and his 120 men were at post fighting against 6000 Chinese. Major Shaitan Singh was killed and the post was taken by Chinese army but he and his men killed 1500 Chinese soldiers and the causality was more than 5000. Major held the post till his last breathe. He was later awarded Param Vir Chakra for his bravery.
That takes the cake for me.
