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LIEUTENANT GENERAL(Then, BRIGADIER) ZORAWAR CHAND BAKSHI, VrC, VSM

Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra 1965, , 08-07-1948
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-1510
Rank LIEUTENANT GENERAL(Then, BRIGADIER)
Unit/Regiments/Corps 2/5 GORKHA RIFLES
Son Of SARDAR BAKSHI LAL CHAND
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) NEW DELHI,DELHI
War/Operation/Battle 1947-48 Indo-Pak War
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Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi explaining Chicken's Neck operation

  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. 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
  5. 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/
  6. Indo-Pakistani Wars (Accessed on 08 September 2022) https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indo-Pakistani_Wars
  7. 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/
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