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#Thread #GalwanValley | Remembering the 20 martyrs who died fighting China at LAC.

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#GalwanValley Col Bikkumalla Santosh Babu (37): The Commanding Officer of the 16 Bihar Regiment, his seniors and fellow Telugu-speaking officers in the Army recall, was known to be a humble, soft-spoken person, and a leader who took care of his juniors.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Sepoy Ganesh Ram Kunjam (28): He had last come home in January, for his engagement. The eldest of three siblings, he joined the Army in 2011 as soon as he finished schooling.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Deepak Singh (32): He had visited his home in Farhada village in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh to celebrate Holi, promising to return soon. He got married last November.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Havildar K Palani (40) joined the Army when he was 18. His younger brother Idayakani, also in the Army, said Palani had struggled a lot in his childhood and always worked hard after he joined the Army.

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Sepoy Rajesh Orang (26) was supposed to visit Birbhum in May but could not due to the lockdown. The sole earning member of the family, he joined the Army in 2015, leaving graduation midway.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Havildar Bipul Roy (35) was planning to take voluntary retirement next year and leave Meerut, where he lived with his wife and baby girl.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Sepoy Ankush Thakur (21) had dreamed of becoming a commissioned officer and had taken along his books for preparation when he joined duty around 10 months ago after completing his training.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Sepoy Gurtej Singh had cleared IELTS exam after Class XII and wanted to go abroad. But an urge to serve the nation rose in him and he joined the army in 2018.

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Sepoy Gurbinder Singh (22) last visited his village Tolawala in Sangrur nine months ago for his engagement ceremony. He joined the Army in March 2018.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Naib Subedar Satnam Singh (41) was the first in his family to join the Army in 1995. He even inspired his younger brother, who is also a Naib Subedar, to join.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Sepoy Kundan Kumar Ojha (28) had a daughter 15 days ago and was supposed to leave for his hometown, Sahebganj, on July 10 after the lockdown.
He had told his cousin:
“Beta ho ya beti jam ke party karenge.”
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#GalwanValley #Martyrs A week ago, Sepoy Ganesh Hansda told his brother over phone not to worry about tensions in the area and hung up.

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#GalwanValley #Martyrs Mandip Singh’s last words to his wife got lost in the poor network in Ladakh. He had recently joined duty in Ladakh after spending time with his family during the lockdown in his village in Patiala.

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