Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Major Hoshiyar singh

 Colonel Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, PVC was an officer of the Indian Army who was awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra during Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. 

Born: 5 May 1936, Sisana

Died: 6 December 1998

Awards: Param Vir Chakra.

He succumbed to a cardiac arrest on 6 December 1998, aged 61, and was cremated with full military honours at Jaipur. He was survived by three sons, two of whom followed their father into the army as commissioned officers in the Grenadiers, with one joining the 3rd Grenadiers.

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