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COMPANY HAVILDAR MAJOR PIRU SINGH

Param Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Param Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 26-01-1952
Service Indian Army
Service Number 2831592
Rank COMPANY HAVILDAR MAJOR
Unit/Regiments/Corps 6 RAJPUTANA RIFLES
Son Of Lal Singh
Mother's Name Smt Jara Bai
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Jhunjhunu, State- Rajasthan
War/Operation/Battle
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Citation
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Postal stamp detailing Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Param Vir Chakra Posthumous

A statue of Company Havildar Piru Singh has been installed in his village at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.

A bust of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh has been installed at the Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre, New Delhi. (Photo Source: Twitter @majorgauravarya)

First day cover on Company Havildar Major Piru Singh was issued by the Army Postal Service dated 18 July 1977.

CHM Piru Coy, a red stone barrack at Rajputana Rifles Regimental centre. (Photo Source: Twitter @majorgauravarya

The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI), named fifteen of her Crude Oil Tankers in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. The crude oil tanker named MT “Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, PVC” was delivered to SCI on 12 October 1984

A portrait of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh

A portrait of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh

Tarawati Kanwar, the mother of CHM Piru Singh Shekhawat, receiving the Param Vir Chakra from President Rajendra Prasad in 1950 on behalf of her son

Battle of Tithwal on a bronze mural being displayed at the National War Memorial where soldiers of 6 Rajputana Rifles can be seen charging at the enemy

  1. Operations in Jammu and Kashmir S.N. Prasad. Dr. Dharam Pal (2005). Natraj Publishers and Ministry of Defence, Government of India
  2. Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle. Maj Gen Ian Cardozo. (2003). The Lotus Collection, Roli Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India.
  3. Honourpoint: An Online Memorial for every Indian Soldier. (Accessed on 13 October 2022) https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/chm-piru-singh-pvc/
  4. Param Vir Chakra: The bravest of the brave. Indian Defence Review. (Accessed on 13 October 2022) http://www.indiandefencereview.com/media/param-vir-chakra/nggallery/image/company-havildar-major-piru-singh/
  5. Meet brave Major Piru Singh- the man who died but saved Kashmir in 1947 Indo-Pak War. (TheYouth.in) (Accessed on 13 October 2022) https://www.theyouth.in/2019/01/22/meet-brave-major-piru-singh-the-man-who-died-but-saved-kashmir-in-1947-indo-pak-war/

Param Vir Chakra Company Havildar Major Piru Singh

A narration of the story of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh

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