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MAJOR SOMNATH SHARMA

Param Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Param Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 03-11-1947
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-521
Rank MAJOR
Unit/Regiments/Corps 4 KUMAON
Son Of Major General Amar Nath Sharma
Mother's Name Smt Saraswati
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Dadh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
War/Operation/Battle 1947-48 Indo-Pak War
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Postal stamp detailing Major Somnath Sharma Param Vir Chakra Posthumous

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  1. Operations in Jammu and Kashmir S.N. Prasad. Dr. Dharam Pal (2005). Natraj Publishers and Ministry of Defence, Government of India
  2. Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle. Maj Gen Ian Cardozo. (2003). The Lotus Collection, Roli Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India
  3. The Honourpoint: online memorial for every Indian Solider (Accessed on 20 October 2022) https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/naik-jadu-nath-singh-pvc/
  4. Defending Kashmir (Written by Official History of the Jammu & Kashmir Operations) (Accessed on 08 October 2022) https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/today/254-defending-kashmir.html
  5. India’s Wars since Independence: A Concise History by Lieutenant General Vijay Oberoi, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd) (Accessed on 08 October 2022) https://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/indias-wars-since-independence-a-concise-history/
  6. Indo-Pakistani Wars (Accessed on 08 September 2022) https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indo-Pakistani_Wars
  7. Indo-Pak War, 1947-48: The History and its Current Ramifications by Col Jaibans Singh (Accessed on 08 October 2022) http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/indo-pak-war-1947-48-the-history-and-its-current-ramifications/
  8. The little known Story of Major Somnath Sharma, India’s First Param Vir Chakra Recipient By Sanchari Pal (Accessed on 08 October 2022) https://www.thebetterindia.com/73888/major-somnath-sharma-first-param-vir-chakra-recipient/

Major Somnath Sharma, Param Vir Chakra(P),4 Kumaon

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