This document provides information about Indian military heroes who were awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honor. It discusses heroes from several Indo-Pakistan wars and conflicts including the 1962 Sino-Indian War, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan Wars, the 1999 Kargil War, and the ongoing conflict in Siachen. It then profiles the stories of two Param Vir Chakra recipients in more depth: Captain Vikram Batra who fought in the Kargil War and Captain Vijayant Thapar who fought in the 1999 Kargil War.

1. 1962 Indo-Sino warIndian Soldiers -1962 warMajor Dhan Singh ThapaParam Vir ChakraSubedar Joginder SinghParam Vir Chakra

2. 1965 Indo-Pak warAir Force No 2 SquadronLieutenant-ColonelArdeshir Burzorji TaraporeParam Vir ChakraWing Cdr Bharat Singh (right) with Air Marshal Arjan Singh

3. 1971 Indo -Pak WarMajor Hoshiar SinghParam Vir ChakraBattle of LongewalaFlying Officer Nirmal Jat Singh SekhonParam Vir ChakraPAK Army Surrender

4. Kargil ConflictSIACHENTIGER HILLPOINT 4825

5. What is Lata Mangeshkar persuading us to do in the song “Aye Mere Watanke Logon”Remember the sacrifices and remember the people who died making themWe do have some knowledge about popular freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, S.C Bose and Pandit Nehru But what about those who have been guarding us throughout our history..From Siachen to kanyakumari..from Nagaland to Barmer

6. REMEMBER THE HEROESPresented By:-Siddharth Setia

7. Have we forgotten about them ??Param Vir chakra is the highest military honor in our country and is given in extremely heroic circumstances..Now can we as a class come up with 5 names who have won Param Vir Chakra till date….If we can than shouldn’t we also knowWho were really this peopleWhere did they came fromWhere were they born

8. How well do we know them ??Where did they studied..How old were they when they laid down their lives for our better futureI am sure none of us have too many answers to the above questions..From WW-II to till date 22869 heroes have died..Lets make an attempt to know 2 of them today….

9. REMEMBERING THE HEROESCaptain Vikram BatraCaptain Vijayant Thapar

10. HEROESPosthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, on 15 August 1999

11. Born on 09 September 1974 at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

12. Received his education in Palampur.

13. Nick name : Luv, but his true nick name “SHER SHAH” was given by army

14. After passing out from IMA in December 1997, he joined the army as a Lieutenant of the 13 JAK Rifles at Sopore, Jammu & Kashmir