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CAPTAIN GURBACHAN SINGH SALARIA

Param Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Param Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 09-12-1961
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-8497
Rank CAPTAIN
Unit/Regiments/Corps 3/1 GORKHA RIFLES
Son Of MUNSHI RAM
Mother's Name Smt Dhan Devi
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) GURDASPUR,PUNJAB
War/Operation/Battle UN Mission Congo
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Postal stamp detailing Captain GS Salaria Param Vir Chakra Posthumous

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Munshi Ram Salaria, father of Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, receiving Param Vir Chakra from President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan on behalf of his son. (Source: https://wikibio.in/captain-gurbachan-singh-salaria/)

- Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria bust at the Param Yodha Sthal in National War Memorial Delhi. (Source: https://nationalwarmemorial.gov.in/param-yoddhas/details/9)

- On the occasion of Parakram Diwas, 23 January 2023 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman & Nicobar Islands were named after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees.(Source: Twitter @GallantryAward)

A residential colony for the officers of Indian Armed forces is named after Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria in Dwarka, New Delhi. (Source: https://www.99acres.com/salaria-officers-enclave-sector-21-dwarka-dwarka-delhi-npxid-r208243)

  1. Lt Gen DS Rana, AVSM, YSM, SM, DG SD, VSM Maj Gen Michael AJ Fernandez, ADG SD, VSM, Brig PS Dagar, VSM Brig PS Punia, SM, Col Kaustubh Kekre, Lt Col Kshitiz Arya, and Col AS Negi. 2022. The Blue Helmet Odyssey: Defining India’s UN Footprints. Center for United Nations Peacekeeping, New Delhi India.
  2. Lieutenant General Satish Nambiar.(2009). For the Honour of India: A History of Indian Peacekeeping. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India/Army HQ, New Delhi 110057
  3. “Republic of Congo- OUNC Background” by the Information Technology Section and Department of Public Information (DPI) Department of Peacekeeping Operation date (Accessed on Feb 25, 2022) https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/past/onucB.htm
  4. “The Congo Crisis” by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, date (Accessed on Feb 25, 2022)https://www.britannica.com/place/Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo/The-Congo-crisis
  5. The Honourpoint: An online memorial for every soldier (Accessed on 08 February 2023) https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/captain-gurbachan-singh-salaria-pvc/
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