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Bana Singh Captain Bana Singh , was born on 6 January 1949 at Kadyal in Jammu and Kashmir. He enrolled in the Indian Army on 6 January 1969 into the 8 th Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) Regiment . He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal in India . During the Siachen Conflict of June 1987, the 8 th Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI ), was deployed to the Siachen Glacier area. It was then found that a large number of Pakistani infiltrators had intruded in the Siachen Glacier . The ejection of these infiltrators was considered difficult but necessary and a special task force was constituted for the purpose. Bana Singh was a Naib Subedar then , posted on the Glacier . Naib Subedar Singh volunteered to join this force . The Pakistani intrusion had taken place at a height of 6450 metres , one of the highest peaks in the Siachen Glacier area . From this feature the Pakistanis could snipe at Indian army positions since the height gave a clear view of the entire saltoro range and siachen glacier . The Pakistanis called this post ' Quaid post ' after their founder Quaid -e - azam Md Ali Jinnah . The enemy post was virtually an impregnable glacier fortress with ice walls , 457 metres high, on either side . Operation Rajiv , named after 2 nd Lt Rajiv Pande VrC, was launched to evict the Pakistanis from that post . Naib Subedar Bana Singh led his men through an extremely difficult and hazardous route , climbing a height of 1500 feet in near darkness in a snowstorm . He inspired them by his indomitable courage and leadership . He and his men crawled and closed in on the adversary. Lobbing hand- grenades , charging with a bayonet and moving from trench to trench, he cleared the post of all intruders . All together 6 Pakistani Special Service Group commandos were killed , 3 or 4 of them were bayoneted in hand to hand battle at a height of 21 ,000 ft . Naib Subedar Bana Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra , the highest wartime gallantry medal in India , for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most adverse conditions. The peak which he captured was renamed Bana Top in his honour . At the time of the Kargil War, he was the only PVC awardee who was still serving in the Army.
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