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His last words were "I am dying but let not the territory we were fighting for fall for the enemy". For his inspiring leadership and great courage, he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously
#BrigadierMohammadUsman was the highest ranking officer of the Indian Army killed
in action during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Pakistani forces had announced a sum of Rs 50,000 as a prize for his head. Unaffected by praise and congratulations, Usman continued to sleep on a mat laid on the floor as he had vowed that he would not sleep on a bed till he
recaptured Jhangar, from where he had had to withdraw in late 1947.
Usman was born on this day in 1912.
He entered Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in 1932 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant & on the 19 March 1935, he was appointed to the Indian Army and posted
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