Himachal Is Proud Of You !

PARAMVEER CHAKRA
Captain Vikram Batra

JAK RIF (Posthumous)
IC 57556

On 20 Jun 99, 13 JAK RIF was tasked to capture Point 5140. Capt Vikram Batra, in an audacious move, decided to attack the enemy position from the rear along a sheer cliff face. Undaunted by fire, the officer, followed by five of his men climbed up and hurled two grenades into the enemy Sangar. As three enemy soldiers came out, he single handedly engaged them in close fire fight and killed all three. Mortally wounded, he went back and called forward his men, regrouped them and led them to capture Point 5140. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and junior leadership of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Capt Vikram Batra has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA Posthumously.

His Family Lives @...

GL Batra (Father
House No 295,
W-5Palampur
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Pin - 176661

Leutinent Saurab Kalia

4 JAT Regiment (Infantry)
IC-58522F

Born in Palampur district in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Captain Saurabh Kalia was brilliant in academics and effortlessly secured scholarships throughout his schooling years. After completing his graduation in May 1997, Saurabh was selected in the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in August 1997, through the Combined Defence Services and was commissioned on December 12, 1998.
Lt. Saurabh was posted with the 4 JAT Regiment (Infantry) in the Kargil Sector. In the first fortnight of May 1999, he went out for Patrol Duty three times to check the infiltration in the Kaksar area of Kargil. Lt. Saurabh was hailed as the First Officer to give information of the large-scale intrusion of the Pakistan Army and infilitrators in the area.
After the intrusion was detected in area, his Commanding Officer deputed a slightly older Junior Officer to check the strategic Bajrang Post. Lt. Saurabh, however, volunteered to go there himself and went in place of the deputed officer. Here, the troops were fired upon by the enemy. These brave Indian soldiers kept fighting as reinforcements couldn't reach in the day, any movement in the daylight would come under the direct enemy fire.
The Indian troops ran out of ammunition, their signal instrument went out of order and finally they got encircled by about 200 Pakistan soldiers and were captured alive, before the reinforcement reached at that height.
No trace of this entire patrol was left and Skardu Radio of Pakistan reported that Lt. Saurabh Kalia and his five men were captured alive. They were in their captivity for over twenty-two (May 15,1999 to June 6-7, 1999) days and subjected to unprecedented brutal torture as evident from their bodies handed over by Pakistan Army on June 9,1999. They did not break while undergoing this unlimited barbarism. This speaks volumes of their patriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour and the whole nation is proud of them.
The enemy indulged in the most heinous act of burning their bodies with cigarettes, piercing ear-drums with hot rods, removing eyes, chopping off various limbs and organs of these soldiers besides inflicting all sorts of physical and mental tortures before shooting them down. Lt. Saurabh Kalia's skull was fractured and most of the bones and teeth broken. He had a bullet injury in the temple indicating that he was finally shot dead.

His Family Lives @...

Dr NK Kalia (Father)
Vill - Suggar
Teh - Palampur
Distt - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

PARAMVEER CHAKRA
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar

13-JAK RIF
No 13760533

On 04 Jul 99, Rifleman Sanjay Kumar was the leading Scout of the team tasked to capturing Area Flat Top. Having scaled the cliff, the team was pinned down by auto fire of an enemy bunker, 150 meters away. With complete disregard to personal safety, he crawled up the ledge and charged the bunker. Hit in his chest and forearm, he continued to charge. After cleaning the first bunker, he picked-up the enemy machine-gun and charged the second enemy bunker. Three enemy soldiers were killed on the spot. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and gallantry of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Rifleman Sanjay Kumar has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA.

His Family Lives @...

Shri Durga Ram (Father)
Vill - BakanPO - Kalol
Tehsil - Ghumarwin
Dist - Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.