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MAJOR ANNAVI KRISHNASWAMY RAMASWAMY

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 16-01-1948
Service Indian Army
Service Number SS-14035
Rank MAJOR
Unit/Regiments/Corps 3 (PARA) MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY
Son Of N/A
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Ayilam, Kerala
War/Operation/Battle 1947-48 Indo-Pak War
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Map showing the various areas of the state where the Indian Forces were stationed

  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. 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
  4. 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/
  5. Indo-Pakistani Wars (Accessed on 08 September 2022) https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indo-Pakistani_Wars
  6. 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/

Guns and Glory Episode 3: 1947 Indo-Pak War (Source: Headlines Today YouTube)

Kashmir 1947: Anatomy of an invasion (Source: WION YouTube)

Kashmir पर जब 1947 में कबायलियों ने हमला कर दिया था. Aisa Kaise Hua (Source: BBC Hindi YouTube)

Gravitas: The story of the 1947 tribal invasion of Kashmir (Source: WION YouTube)

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