Vijay Diwas

Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in India as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral surrender of the Pakistan Army and subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.

All indian gave it's credits ti Mrs.Indira gandhi, and of course credits goes to her ! but the real hero of that war is Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji    Manekshaw, MC "Sam Bahadur" 

Indiara want war in early days of 1971 but Sam not agree with her, we all know that Indira gandhi was a rude lady but sam not agree due to it's agriculture saeson on punajb and hariyana , if war done in march than farmes have to loss many things and fianly Indiara became agree with sam !

(Hands of man and the tears of the woman can do all things possible , but in this case sam won )

some quotes by sam :-

On being asked by Indira Gandhi if he was ready to fight on the eve of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: “I am always ready, sweetie."^[17]

About the Gurkha: "If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha."^[2]

his last word of life is : I am OK !

we can call sam - the chankya of 20th century !!!
There are three person in India who got 5 star rank ;-
1.Sam Manekshaw
2.Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
3.Arjan Singh ( air force )

2.Kodandera Madappa Cariappa

now,on Field Marshal Kodandera "Kipper" Madappa Cariappa ,His distinguished military career spanned almost three decades, at the highest point of which, he was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Military in 1949.

During the 1965 war, his son, an Indian Air Force pilot, was shot down over Pakistan. He was captured and imprisoned as a POW. When Ayub Khan learned about this, he informed Cariappa he would not be kept in a POW Camp like other Indian POWs, since they had worked together before independence. But Cariappa politely declined the offer, saying every soldier in the Indian Army was his son, so he could not request special privileges for only one.

(ayub khan and karippa worked togather  before 1947 , during the war they are the head of two different country )

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3.Arjan singh

Measured by any standard, Arjan Singh has had some fine innings. Even after retirement he continued to serve the country. In 1971, he was accredited as India's Ambassador to Switzerland. From there, in 1974 he went to Kenya, as the Indian High Commissioner, and returned to India in 1976, after having had a Six year long ambassadorial stint, longer than any other officer from the Armed Forces. Some years on, he became the Lt. Governor of Delhi.

For his meritorious services in the conduct of the 1965 Indo-Pak War, Arjan Singh was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan.

He is also the former chirman of IIT - delhi !

He is the man who serve the best institutions of India like air force, delhi government , Indian foreign services and many others !

 

List of param vir chakra recipients :-

Recipients

Number	Name	Regiment	Date	Place	Notes
IC-521	Major Som Nath Sharma	4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment	November 3, 1947	Badgam, Kashmir	Posthumous
IC-22356	Lance Naik Karam Singh	1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment	October 13, 1948	Tithwal, Kashmir
SS-14246	Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane	Corps of Engineers	April 8, 1948	Naushera, Kashmir
27373	Naik Jadu Nath Singh	1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment	February 1948	Naushera, Kashmir	Posthumous
2831592	Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat	6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles	17 July 1948–18 July 1948	Tithwal, Kashmir	Posthumous
IC-8497	Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria	3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)	December 5, 1961	Elizabethville, Katanga, Congo	Posthumous
IC-7990	Major Dhan Singh Thapa	1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles	October 20, 1962	Ladakh, India
JC-4547	Subedar Joginder Singh	1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment	October 23, 1962	Tongpen La, Northeast Frontier Agency, India	Posthumous
IC-7990	Major Shaitan Singh	13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment	November 18, 1962	Rezang La	Posthumous
2639885	Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid	4th Battalion, The Grenadiers	September 10, 1965	Chima, Khem Karan Sector	Posthumous
IC-5565	Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore	17th Poona Horse	October 15, 1965	Phillora, Sialkot Sector, Pakistan	Posthumous
4239746	Lance Naik Albert Ekka	14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards	December 3, 1971	Gangasagar, Agartala Sector	Posthumous
10877 F(P)	Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon	No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force	December 14, 1971	Srinagar, Kashmir	Posthumous
IC-25067	2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal	17th Poona Horse	December 16, 1971	Jarpal, Shakargarh Sector	Posthumous
IC-14608	Major Hoshiar Singh	3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers	December 17, 1971	Basantar River, Shakargarh Sector
JC-155825	Naib Subedar Bana Singh	8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	June 23, 1987	Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir
IC-32907	Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran	8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment	November 25, 1987	Sri Lanka	Posthumous
IC-56959	Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey	1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles	July 3, 1999	Khaluber/Juber Top, Batalik sector, Kargil area, Jammu and Kashmir	Posthumous
2690572	Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav	18th Battalion, The Grenadiers	July 4, 1999	Tiger Hill, Kargil area
13760533	Rifleman Sanjay Kumar	13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles	July 5, 1999	Area Flat Top, Kargil Area
IC-57556	Captain Vikram Batra	13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles	July 6, 1999	Point 5140, Point 4875, Kargil Area	Posthumous

4.Here I want to write one interesting story form above : Arun Khetarpa

Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, PVC (14 October 1950 - 16 December 1971) born in Pune, Maharashtra, was an officer of the Indian Army and a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for valour in face of the enemy.

He is the youngest name recipient of this award ! @ age of 21 years
His father M. L. Khetarpal was serving in the Indian Army and his family traced a long history of service.

But here want to share one story about M.L.khetrapal , he is also army man , he went Pakistan as delegates from India and talked with other officials of Pakistan , there he met one high command Pakistani army officer, he lived with him more than 7 days and on the Return  at airport the Pakistani officers said to M.L .khetrapal : I am going to say a very BHAYANKAR truth , your son is shoot by my tank , he is at 100m distance from me at war, it’s fix to death of your son or me at that time and unfortunately your son died their ! I never seen such brave man in my whole military career , but the more interesting thing is the reply of M.L.Khetrapal , this is our duty and you played it ! and he took smile photograph with tht army officials at airport !

Only Indian Army man can dare to do it !

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5.Fifth Hero is Major kuldeep singh :

Brigadier (retired) Kuldip Singh Chandpuri is an Indian Army officer known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala. for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army. Border, a 1997 Bollywood film directed by J.P.Dutta. This movie is an adaptation of the real-life battle, with Major Chandpuri being portrayed by Bollywood actor Sunny Deol.

HE and his 120 officers hold whole 2800 person and equipped tank battalion for 24 hours a unique incident of wars in world !

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6. Major saitan singh ,

Major Shaitan Singh was an Indian soldier, who was awarded Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal, posthumously, for his leadership and courage during the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

pradeep wrote the song AE MERE WATAN K LOGO .... inspired by the story of major saitan singh!

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  7. Mrs. Savitri Kanodakar ~ Designer of Param vir chakra

Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, on July 20, 1913—1990^[1] in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to a Hungarian father André de Maday, professor of sociology at Geneva University and President of the Société de Sociologie de Genève, and Russian mother Marthe Hentzelt, who taught at the Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She later was known as Savitri Bai, the name she was given after she married an Indian, became a Hindu and took Indian nationality. She is the designer of India's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra.

Soon after Indian independence, she was asked by the Adjutant General Major General Hira Lal Atal to design India’s highest award for bravery in combat, the Param Vir Chakra.

For persorming this duty she lernt about hindu methodology,Sanskrit and indian culture !

But by incident, the first Param vir chakra given to Major somnath Sharma , whos is the son in law of the daughter of the Savitri Khanolkar,!!

 

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Here I just share some story , but Our every solider have such capability that one can write whole book on than, there is no compression of our soldiers with any one !

Here I made little try to make this story with different colours ! our government can not fill colours in our soldiers life , I made just try in story !

On the day of vijay diwas celebration our nationl media is busy with the bharat ratan for tendulkar debate instead of talking about the recipant of param vir chakra !

I am thankful to every Indian soldier who make my like smooth and comfort ! We must a thankful to our soldier  than the technology for make our like comfortable !

Jai hind !!!