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CAPT ANUJ NAYYAR

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 15-08-1999
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-57111
Rank CAPT
Unit/Regiments/Corps 17 JAT
Son Of S K NAYYAR
Mother's Name M NAYYAR
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) :NEW DELHI
War/Operation/Battle
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A photograph of Captain Anuj Nayyar with his weapon during a drill. (Source: Facebook)

A photograph of Capt Nayyar dressed in his uniform (Source: Twitter @VikasManhas)

A photograph of young Anuj Nayyar (Source: BetterIndia)

A photograph of Captain Nayyar with his gear (Source: Scoopwoop)

A photograph of Captain Nayyar with his mates from his training days (Source: Indian Military Memes)

A painted portrait of Capt Anuj Nayyar (Source: Twitter)

A painted portrait of Capt Anuj Nayyar presented to his mother Meena Nayyar (Twitter)

Anuj Nayyar promoted from the rank of Lieutenant to Captain during Kargil 1999 (Source: ScoopWhoop)

A profile photo of Captain Anuj Nayyar (Source: uttarpradesh.org)

Book portraying life of Capt Anuj Nayyar, MVC (P) presented by Himmat Singh Shekhawat co-author of book to students from various schools Indian Army (Source: Twitter @PRODefSrinagar)

Book portraying life of Capt Anuj Nayyar, MVC (P) presented by Himmat Singh Shekhawat co-author of book to students from various schools Indian Army (Source: Twitter @PRODefSrinagar)

  1. Gandhi, S.S. “Portraits of Valour: India’s Highest Gallantry Awards and Their Recipients”. The Defence Review. (Ed 2006).
  2. Col SC Tyagi, “The Kargil Victory: Battles from Peak to Peak, Speaking Tiger Publication”, New Delhi, 2009
  3. Col. Gurmeet Kanwal, “Heroes of Kargil”, Army Headquarters, New Delhi. (2002)
  4. Lt Gen YM Bammi, “Kargil 1999: The Impregnable Conquered.
  5. Ballabh, Anand. Insights into Indian Infantry Regiments: A Basic Factbook. Forward Books publication. New Delhi
  6. The War Decorated India & Trust (Accessed on 04 April 2022) https://twdi.in/node/1214
  7. Anuj Nayyar, the Braveheart for whom Nation always came first by Sanchari Pal (betterindia.com) (Accessed on 20 April 2022) https://www.thebetterindia.com/152033/kargil-anuj-nayyar-maha-vir-chakra-vijay-diwas-news/
  8. LoC se Letters, (Red FM), Capt Anuj Nayyar’s Last Letter (Accessed on 20 April 2022) https://youtu.be/yn30DkItk_E
  9. Capt Anuj Nayyar: Know the Real Story. Interview with Mrs Meena Nayyar by Wheels-of-Soul (Accessed on 20 April 2022) https://youtu.be/IIgQK7QFSDM
  10. Kargil Vijay Diwas: Story of Kargil Braveheart Captain Anuj Nayyar (Indiatimes) (Accessed on 24 May 2022) https://youtu.be/p1Y0JVRuefM
  11. Kargil War Hero Late Captain Anuj Nayyar’s Mother Pens his Sacrifice in a Book (sambadenglish.com) (Accessed on 24 May 2022) https://sambadenglish.com/kargil-war-hero-late-captain-anuj-nayyars-mother-pens-his-sacrifice-in-new-book/
  12. Anuj, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Scholar Warrior, CLAWS, (Accessed on 24 May 2022) https://archive.claws.in/images/journals_doc/260506833_RachnaBishtRawat.pdf

The price of a War Hero’s life (Source: NDTV)

Captain Anuj Nayyar, Know the real story (Source: Wheels-on-soul)

Kargil: Valour and Victory, Captain Anuj Nayyar (Source: HistoryTV)

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