Category: National Heroes

Saluting our Heroes: The “Param Veer”s of 1962

Dear Friends, As we move towards the conclusion of this series on India’s finest, please take a moment today to remember the “Param Veer”s of 1962, Major Dhan Singh Thapa, PVC and Subedar Joginder...

Saluting our Heroes: Lt Col A B Tarapore, PVC

Continuing the series on our “Param Veers”, today the story of Lt Col “Adi” Tarapore, hero of the Battle of Phillora – by most accounts, the biggest tank battle during the war with Pakistan...

Saluting our Heroes: The “Param Veer”s of Tithwal

Continuing the series on our “Param Veers”…please take a moment today to remember the “Heroes of Tithwal“, Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat and Lance Naik Karam Singh. From the Indian Army website: The...

I bet you forgot – II

On this day, please take a moment to remember India’s most unassuming, modest and hard-working Prime Minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri Image courtesy: Uday Kuckian, Rediff The man who put forward the example of “moral...