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BRIGADIER (THEN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL) DESMOND HAYDE

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra , 06-09-1965
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-4036
Rank BRIGADIER (THEN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL)
Unit/Regiments/Corps 3 JAT
Son Of N/A
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) ENGLAND ,UK
War/Operation/Battle 1965 Indo-Pak War
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Army Chief General JN Chaudhri with the Corps Commander Lieutenant General JS Dhillon and Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde Source: Northern Command - Indian Army

Lieutenant Colonel Hayde is awarded the Mahavir Chakra from President Dr S Radhakrishnan Source: https://www.rediff.com/news/special/the-hero-of-the-battle-of-dograi/20150914.htm

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri escorted by Brigadier Nirinjan Singh greets Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde in Dograi. Source: https://www.rediff.com/news/special/the-hero-of-the-battle-of-dograi/20150914.htm

3 JAT flies the Tricolour proudly at the captured Dograi post Source : https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=421298898066745&set=pcb.421299014733400&locale=af_Z A

Brigadier (then Lieutenant Colonel) Hayde’s doodle by MF Hussein Source: https://www.memoirsofanaveragejoe.com/2020/05/25/lt-col-desmond-hayde-and-the-battle-of-dograi/

Brigadier Desmond Hayde, MVC (Retd) Brig Desmond Hayde MVC.” 2018. Honourpoint. October 16, 2018. https://honourpoint.in/profile/brig-desmond-hayde-mvc/.

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  2. Official History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965, History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India: History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965, by B. C. Chakravorty, ed. S. N. Prasad et al., New Delhi 1992.
  3. The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce, by Amarinder Singh and T.S. Shergill, New Delhi: Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2015, pp. 528
  4. Indian Army After Independence By Major K.C. Praval, New Delhi : Lancer International, 1990, p 465
  5. Dar, Shahid. “Lt Governor Unveils the Statue of Maha Vir Chakra Recipient Major Asharam Tyagi.” Street Times, April 2, 2023. https://www.streettimes.in/lt-governor-unveils-the-statue-of-maha-vir-chakra-recipient-major-asharam-tyagi/.
  6. Hayde Heritage Academy https://haydeheritage.com/
  7. Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk. 2018. “Born in Ireland, This Forgotten Hero Led India in Its Greatest Infantry Battle.” The Better India. November 3, 2018. https://thebetterindia.com/163707/army-dograi-pakistan-desmond-hayde-news/.
  8. “Brig Desmond Hayde MVC.” 2018. Honourpoint. October 16, 2018. https://honourpoint.in/profile/brig-desmond-hayde-mvc/.
  9. Gunda, Akshanth. 2023. “The Hero of Dograi.” Paperclip. January 20, 2023. https://thepaperclip.in/the-hero-of-dograi/.
  10. Hayde, Desmond E. 2011. Battle of Dograi and Batapore.

Lt Col Desmond Hayde, MVC (Youtube: ADGPI-Indian Army)

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