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LIEUTENANT COLONEL INDER JIT SINGH BUTALIA

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 22-02-1948
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-159
Rank LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Unit/Regiments/Corps 4 DOGRA
Son Of IQBAL SINGH
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) N/A
War/Operation/Battle 1947-48 Indo Pak War
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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. Stories of Heroism (PVC & MVC) Winners Dr. B.C.Chakravorty.(1995). Ministry of Defence, Government of India
  3. Leadership in Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers. Maj Gen V K Singh. (2005). Sage Publications, New Delhi
  4. The Honourpoint: online memorial for every Indian Solider (Accessed on 20 April 2023) https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/lt-col-i-j-s-butalia-mvc/
  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-current-ramifications/

Indian Army organised wreath laying ceremony and Guard of Honour to pay homage to Late Lt Col IJS (Source: YouTube Bharat Monitor)

First Kashmir war India and Pakistan 1947 to 1948 DD1 Part 1 of 2 (Source:YouTube Shreyas Patel)

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