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BRIGADIER MOHAMMAD USMAN

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 26-01-1950
Service Indian Army
Service Number IA-219
Rank BRIGADIER
Unit/Regiments/Corps 5/10 BALUCH (JACOB RIFLES),50 PARA BRIGADE
Son Of KAZI MOHAMMAD FAROOK
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Bibipur (Now Mau), Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
War/Operation/Battle 1947-48 Indo-Pak War
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A Picture from The 1947-48 Indo-Pak War https://www.defencexp.com/brigadier-mohammad-usman/

Progress of Operations in Jammu Sector (Source: Indian Defence Review)

Brigadier Mohammad Usman with then Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (Source: Honourpoint)

Operation Kipper (Source: Twitter @ADGPI Indian Army)

Troops of 50 Para Brigade in action in Poonch (Source: Honourpoint)

Grave Of Brigadier Mohammad Usman in Delhi

Grave of Brigadier Mohammad Usman at the Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. (Source: Twitter @LestWeForgetIndia)

Brigadier Mohammad Usman’s Memorial at Jhangar in Naushera Sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Source:Twitter @LestWeForgetIndia )

A book written by Major General V.K. Singh ‘Leadership in Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers’ has a chapter dedicated to Brigadier Mohammad Usman and his contribution during 1947-48 Indo-Pak War. (Source: Amazon India)

AN image from the last rites of Brigadier Mohammad Usman (Source: Twitter @LestWeForgetIndia)

Kin of Brig Usman being honoured by the vice President on the occasion of his birth centenary celebrations (Source: Honourpoint)

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari honoured the kin of late Brigadier Mohammad Usman on his birth centenary celebrations in New Delhi on July 15 2012 (Source: Honourpoint)

Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari at Brigadier Mohammad Usman's memorial at Naushera in Jammu and Kashmir. (Source: Honourpoint)

Vice President Hamid Ansari laying a wreath at the bust of late Brigadier Mohammed Usman at Jhangar, Naoshera in J & K(Source: Honourpoint)

  1. Operations in Jammu And Kashmir S.N. Prasad. Dr. Dharam Pal (2005). Natraj Publishers And Ministry Of Defence, Government Of India
  2. Brigadier Mohammad Usman, MVC: The Lion of Naushera. Rohit Singh.(2010). Scholar Warrior. CLAWS
  3. Leadership in Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers. Maj Gen V K Singh. (2005). Sage Publications, New Delhi
  4. Stories of Heroism (PVC & MVC) Winners Dr. B.C.Chakravorty.(1995). Ministry of Defence, Government of India
  5. 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
  6. 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/
  7. Indo-Pakistani Wars (Accessed on 08 September 2022) https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indo-Pakistani_Wars
  8. 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-currentramifications/
  9. Remembering Nowshera ka Sher Brig. Mohammad Usman, MVC(P) : Hero of 1ndia-Pakistan War 1947 (Accessed on 20 April 2023) https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/remembering-nowshera-ka-sher-brig-mohammad-usman-mvcp-hero-of-1ndia-pakistan-war-1947/

Brigadier Mohammad Usman: 'Nowshera ka Sher' जिन पर पाकिस्तान ने रखा था 50,000 का इनाम (Source: YouTube BBC Hindi)

DNA: जानें Brigadier Mohammad Usman के पराक्रम को | DNA Analysis | Sudhir Chaudhary (Source: YouTube Zee News)

Desh Ki Bahas : Brig Usman was offered Pak Army Chief offer, but he refused (Source: YouTube News Nation)

Rare footage of Brigadier Mohommad Usman in action (Source:YouTube Shorts Heritage Times)

Vande Matram: ब्रिगेडियर उस्मान के सामने घुटने टेके पाकिस्तान | Indian Army (Source: YouTube AAJ Tak)

Brigedier Usman जिन्होंने Pakistan को युद्ध हराने के बाद ही चारपाई पर नींद की कसम पूरी की (Source:YouTube The Lallantop)

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