"Indo-Pakistani War of 1947"

Piru Singh male, deceased (1948): Posthumous recognition, Param Vir Chakra recipient, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra, From Rajasthan, rajasthan…Indo-Pakistani Warof1947, Jammu and Kashmir Operations of 1947; Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat was a Senior NCO in the Indian Army. For his valour in battle, CHM Piru Singh was posthumously awarded...

Kodandera Madappa Cariappa male, deceased (1993): Indian, General, Firsts in India, obe, Recipient of the Legion of Merit, Indian military personnel…Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire, Chief of Army Staff, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947, Indo-Pakistan War of 1947; Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE (28 January 1899 - 15 May 1993) was the first Indian Chief of Staff and led the Indian forces on the...

Mohammad Usman male: Muslim, Naoshera, Mahavir Chakra, Lion of Naoshera, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947…partition of India; Brigadier Mohammad Usman was the highest rank officer of Indian Army killed in the combat in independent India. He died while fighting the raiders...

Zafar Ali Shah male: Group Captain, Muslim, Indian, indian air force, vir chakra, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947; Group Captain Zafar Ali Shah was recipient of Vir Chakra. He was one of first from Indian Air Force to get the award in 1950. He got it for...

Kishan Singh Rathore male: Indian military personnel, rajasthan, Military of India, From Rajasthan, Rathore, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947; Kishan Singh Rathore is recipient of Mahavir Chakra for bravery displayed in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He is from Ghadsisar in Bikaner district...

Khurshid Ahmed male: Jammu and Kashmir, Governor-General of Pakistan, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947, Srinagar; Khurshid Ahmed was the private secretary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor-General of Pakistan. He was sent as an observer by Jinnah to...

Savitri Khanolankar female, deceased (1990): Savitri Khanolkar, Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, convert to Hinduism, Indo-Pakistani Warof1947, sanskrit, designer…independence of India; Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar, born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, on July 20th, 1913 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to a Hungarian father André de Maday, pr...

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