Gallantry award winner 6a.pptx

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1. Gallantry award winner DEVASYA PANCHAL 6 TH A ROLL NO :10 VASHISTHA Captain V ikram B atra Indian army officer PROJECT OF VEER GATHA

2. Captain Vikram Batra Param Veer Chakra (PVC) Official military portrait, 1997 Born : 9 September 1974 Palampur , Himachal Pradesh, India Died : 7 July 1999 (aged 24) Kargil , Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh ) Allegiance : Republic of India Service/branch : Indian Army Years of service : 1997–1999 Rank : Captain Service number : IC-57556H Unit : 13 Jammu And Kashmir Rifle Battles/wars : Kargil War (1999) Battle of Point 5140 Battle of Point 4875 † Awards : Param Vir Chakra Alma mater : DAV College ( BMSc ) Punjab University (MA; unfinished) Indian Military Academy

3. Vikram Batra was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour on 15 August 1999, the 52nd anniversary of India's independence. His father G.L. Batra received the honour for his deceased son from the President of India, the late K. R. Narayanan Batra was born on 9 September 1974, in a Punjabi Khatri family in a small town in Palampur , Himachal Pradesh. He was the third child of Girdhari Lal Batra, a government school principal, and Kamal Kanta Batra, a school teacher. He was the elder of twin sons, born fourteen minutes before his brother, Vishal. The twins were nicknamed: 'Luv' ( Vikram ) and 'Kush' (Vishal), after the twin sons of the Hindu deity Rama, by their mother who was a professed devotee of Rama. He had two sisters: Seema and Nutan . As a young child, Batra received his primary education under the tutelage of his mother. He then attended the D.A.V. Public School in Palampur , where he studied up to middle standard. He received his senior secondary education at Central School in Palampur . Captain Vikram Batra joined the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, in June 1996 in the Manekshaw Battalion. After completing his 19-month training course, he graduated from the IMA on 6 December 1997 and was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the 13th battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (13 JAK Rif). After commissioning, he was sent to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh for regimental training. The training lasted one month, from December 1997 to the end of January 1998. Thank you