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LT BALWAN SINGH

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra , 15-08-1999
Service Indian Army
Service Number SS-37691
Rank LT
Unit/Regiments/Corps 18 GDRS
Son Of LATE SH SOBHA CHAND
Mother's Name SMT PATERI DEVI
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) HARYANA
War/Operation/Battle
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Col Balwan Singh in his uniform. (Photo Source: Tribune India)

Col Balwan Singh with two Param Vir Chakra winners from Kargil War. (Photo Source: Twitter Desert Scorpio)

The Battalion of 18 GRENADIERS with then Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee. (Photo Source: Twitter Maverick Musafir)

Col Balwan Singh with then Chief of Army Staff General VP Malik and PVC Nb Sub Yogendra Singh Yadav. (Photo Source: Twitter VP Malik)

Col Balwan Singh delivered a motivational talk to all ranks & families of Jaisalmer Military Station and narrated the operations of his Battalion during Op VIJAY. (Photo Source: Twitter PRO Jaipur MOD)

  1. Maj Gen Ian Cardozo. 2003. Param Vir : Our Heroes In Battle. The Lotus Collection, Roli Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India.
  2. From Surprise to Reckoning: The Kargil Review Committee Report (2000) Sage Publications, New Delhi
  3. Kargil 1999: The Impregnable Conquered Lt. Gen Y M Bammi. (2002) Gorkha Publisher
  4. Singh, Amarinder . (2001). A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil heights 1999. Patiala: Motibagh Palace.
  5. Gandhi, S.S. Portraits of Valour: India’s Highest Gallantry Awards and Their Recipients. The Defence Review. (Ed 2006).
  6. Tyagi, Satish Chandra. (2019). The Kargil Victory Battles From Peak to Peak. The Speaking Tigers in association with The United Service Institute of India
  7. Bharat Rakshak (Accessed on 9 April 2022) https://web.archive.org/web/20050301190336/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments/Grenadiers.html
  8. Jhajjar’s Balwan who hoisted Tricolour atop Tiger Hill (Accessed on 9 April 2022) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/jhajjar-s-balwan-who-hoisted-tricolour-atop-tiger-hill-606150
  9. The War Decorated India & Trust (Accessed on 4 April 2022) https://twdi.in/node/1319

Tiger Hill: Kargil’s turning Point (Source: NDTV)

Capture of Tiger Hill [Source: Youtube Kushal Thakur (CO 18 GRENADIERS)]

Vande Mataram: Artillery opens fire at Tiger Hill (Source: Aaj Tak)

20 years after Kargil War: Man who bombed Tiger Hill (Interview with Air Marshall Raghunath Nambiar) (Source: SP Guide Publications)

Kargil War 1999 Rare Footage||Capturing of Tiger Hill (Source: Defence Guide Portal)

विजय के बाद पिता से क्यों डर रहे थे बलवान सिंह ? | (Source: Bharat Tak)

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