The Heroes of Kargil - TRIBUTE

They'd promised their families they'd come back soon. They more than kept their word. Went as mere men. Came back as heroes. In coffins.

"THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW"

Over a 400 of them at last count. Median age 19 to 35.The grim-faced army officers receiving the coffins, draped in the tricolour, the carriage to the army parade ground, the set-jawed shok shastra farewell salute by steely soldiers. The silent sorrow of upraised guns, slowly brought, barrel downward, to the ground, left arm tautly extended to the right before retracking, the holding of palm to chest, the sudden dropping of head, the 30-second hushed silence, then the regulation rajnigandha and marigold wreaths from the army and air chiefs, the general officer commanding, fellow officers, the battalion, before the body escorted by a comrade begins its last journey home. Wreathed in white, the colour of the pure; kesariya, the colour and insignia of the brave. Now across mountains, now across rivers, plains.

The lines of pain criss-cross the entire nation.

They did it again. They have risen to defend our Kashmir from the aggression of the enemy. They are sacrificing their lives to defend Kashmir against the evil designs of Muslim fundamentalism. Our heroes of the defence forces are battling with the fundamentalist in KARGIL SECTOR and not allowing them an inch of the country to be occupied. They are forcing the fundamentalists out and have succeeded in their mission to a great extent.

Kashmiri Pandits all over the world are greatful to these worriors and brave sons of the land for defending the Kashmiri Pandit homeland " MEAJ KASHEER" (MOTHER KASHMIR). We the Kashmiri Pandits pay TRIBUTES to these young heroes through this page.

We are trying our best to get information of all the Heroes. If the names of some brave soldiers are not included in the list, it is only that we don't have information about him at present. As soon as we get the info we will put a seperate page for the hero.

OFFICERS (INDIAN ARMY)

* LT. COL. VISHWANATHAN
* LT. COL. VIJAYARAGAHVAN
* LT. COL. SACHIN KUMAR
* MAJOR AJAY SINGH JASROTIA
* MAJOR KAMLESH PATHAK
* MAJOR PADHMAPHANI ACHARYA
* MAJOR MARRIAPAN SARVANAN
* MAJOR RAJESH SINGH ADHIKARI
* MAJOR HARMIDER PAL SINGH
* MAJOR MANOJ TALWAR
* MAJOR VIVEK GUPTA
* MAJOR SONAM WANGCHUK
* MAJOR AJAY KUMAR
* CAPTAIN AMOL KALIA
* CAPTAIN KIESHING CLIFFORD NONGRUM
* CAPTAIN SUMEET ROY
* CAPTAIN AMIT VERMA
* CAPTAIN PANNIKOT VISVANATH VIKRAM
* CAPTAIN ANUJ NAYYAR
* CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA
* DY. COMMANDENT JOY LAL(BSF)
* CAPTAIN JINTU GOGOI

* LT. VIJAYANT THAPER
* LT. N. KENGURUSE
* LT. HANIF-U-DIN
* LT. SUARAV KALIA
* LT. AMIT BHARDWAJ
* LT. BALWAN SINGH
* LT. MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY


OFFICERS (INDIAN AIR FORCE)

* SQUADREN LEADER AJAY AHUJA
* SQUADREN LEADER RAJIV PUNDIR
* FLT. LT. S MUHILAN
* FLT. LT. NACHIKETA RAO
* SEARGENT PVNR PRASAD
* SERGEANT RAJ KISHORE SAHU

JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (INDIAN ARMY)

* Naik Chaman Singh
* Naik R Kamraj
* Naik Kudeep Singh
* Naik Birendra Singh Lamba
* Naik Jasvir Singh
* Naik Surendra Pal
* Naik Rajkumar Punia
* Naik S N Malik
* Naik Surjeet Singh
* Naik Jugal Kishore
* Naik Suchha Singh
* Naik Sumer Singh Rathod
* Naik Surendra Singh
* Naik Kishen Lal
* Naik Rampal Singh
* Naik Ganesh Yadav
* Havaldar Major Yashvir Singh
* Lance Naik Ahmed Ali
* Lance Naik Gulam Mohammed Khan
* Lance Naik M R Sahu
* Lance Naik Satpal Singh
* Lance Naik Shatrugan singh
* Lance Naik Shyam Singh
* Lance Naik Vijay Singh
* Naik Degender Kumar
* Havaldar Baldev Raj
* Havaldar Jai Prakash Singh
* Havaldar Mahavir Singh
* Havaldar Mani Ram
* Havaldar Rajbir Singh
* Havaldar Satbir Singh
* Havaldar Abdul Karim
* Havaldar Daler Singh Bahu
* Subedar Bhanwar Singh Rathod
* Rifleman Linkon Pradhan
* Rifleman Bachhan Singh
* Rifleman Satbir Singh
* Rifleman Jagmal Singh
* Rifleman Rattan Chand
* Rifleman Mohamad Farid
* Rifleman Mohamad Aslam
* Rifleman Yogendra Singh
* Rifleman Sanjay Kumar

SEPOYS (INDIAN ARMY)

* Grenadier Manohar Singh
* Gunner Uddabh Das
* Sepoy Amardeep Singh
* Sepoy Vijay Pal Singh
* Sepoy Virendra Kumar
* Sepoy Yashwant Singh
* Sepoy Santokh Singh
* Sepoy Dinesh Bhai
* Sepoy Harendragiri Goswami
* Sepoy Amrish Pal Bangi
* Constable Suraj Bhan (BSF)
* Sepoy Lakhbir Singh
* Sepoy Bajindra Singh
* Sepoy Deep Chand
* Sepoy Dondibha Desai
* Sepoy Keolanand Dwivedi
* Sepoy Harjindra Singh
* Sepoy Jaswant Singh
* Sepoy Jaswinder Singh
* Sepoy Lal Singh
* Sepoy Rakesh Kumar(RAJ)
* Sepoy Rakesh Kumar (Dogra)
* Sepoy Raswinder Singh
* Sepoy Bir Singh
* Sepoy Ashok Kumar Tomar
* Sepoy R. Selvakumar

(and many other hundred Unnamed Heroes)

Courtesy-2001 Kashmir Information Network.