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In 2009 Balidan Stambh, the war memorial in Jammu paid tribute to nine Param Vir Chakra awardees who attained martyrdom in Jammu and Kashmir by inscribing their name on the pillars erected in semi circumference for the respective wars in which they participated. Their names are displayed near the eternal flame and as relief mural on the semi ...
The Param Yodha Sthal houses the busts of all the 21 recipients of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour. [ 5 ] Busts at the Param Yodha Sthal (Param Vir Chakra section).
The war memorial in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) in 2009 paid tribute to 9 Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra awardees who attained martyrdom in J&K by inscribing their names on the pillars alongside other fallen comrades of the 1947-1948, 1962, 1965, 1971 and 1999 wars in semi circumference. Their names are also ...
The Param Yodha Sthal at the National War Memorial houses the busts of all the 21 recipients of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, including Abdul Hamid. A ₹ 3 stamp commemorating Hamid was issued by India Post on 28 January 2000 as part of a set of five stamps honouring recipients of awards for gallantry.
On 21 June 1950, Somnath Sharma's award of the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions on 3 November 1947 in defending the Srinagar airport, was gazetted. This was the first time the honour had been awarded since its inception. [8] Coincidentally, Savitri Khanolkar, the mother-in-law of Sharma's brother, was the designer of the Param Vir Chakra. [9] [10]
Param Vir Chakra Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran , PVC (13 September 1946, Mumbai – 25 November 1987, Sri Lanka ) was an Indian military officer who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra , India's highest military decoration, for his bravery during the Sri Lankan Civil War .
Balidan Stambh, the war memorial in Jammu in 2009 paid tribute to him by inscribing his name on the pillars erected in semi circumference for the martyrs of the 1947-48 war. His name is displayed near the eternal flame and as relief mural on the semi circumference wall with the Param Vir Chakra awardees who attained martyrdom in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ekka's bust at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi. Lance-Naik Albert Ekka was posthumously awarded India's highest wartime gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra. In 2000, on the occasion of 50th Republic day, the Government of India issued a postal stamp in his memory.