Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat (20 May 1918 – 18 July 1948)

On 17 July 1948, Company Havildar Major Singh was posthumously was awarded India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra. The citation reads of follows: South of Tithwal, 'D' Company, of which No 2831592 Piru Singh, was Havildar Major was detailed to attack and capture an enemy-occupied hill feature. The enemy had well dug in positions and had sited his MMGs so as to cover all possible approaches.

Lieutenant General Nathu Singh Rathore (1902-1994)

1948 when PM Nehru called an emergency meeting to choose the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Army.

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He wanted to appoint a British officer as C-in-C of the Indian Army as he thinks that “we do not have a capable and experienced Army Man in our Country”. To this, an Indian army officer refusing to be a stooge darted a remark which changed the history.