1. Captian Shankar Rao S Walkar was born on 8th March 1943 in Kadgaon

Village of Kolhapur District in Maharshtra. On 15th Jun 1969. He was

commissoned to the MADRAS Regiment at the age of 26 uyears.

2. INDO-PAK WAR : 16 DEC 1971 : During the 1971 was, there

were various operations and skirmishes on western front between India and

Pakistan. Captain Shanka Walkar was serving as a mortar officer in 18

MADRAS Regiment. On 16th December 1971, the battalion reached Hingore

Tar after advancing 42 miles. Here the battalion came under the attack kdue to

heavy shelling by the enemy. As Mortar officer of the battalion, Capt Walkar

courageously walked up to each compay position of the battalion to tie up for

defensive tasks. In doing so, he was hit twice by splinters. Undeterred by

injuries, he refused to be evacuated and carried on his task with full

determination. The enemy shelling continued for the whole night and the nesxt

morning two companies of the battalion were assaulted. Nevertheless, Capt

Walkar continued his task of showing a rare dispaly of of courage and

succeeded in bringing down effective mortar fire on to the enemy and inflicted

heavy causalities. During this heroic act, he also shot four enemy personnel

and kept fighting bravely until he succumbed t his injuries and made the

supreme sacrifice.

3. Captain Walkar was a valiant and committed soldier who displayed

exceptional gallantry and heroism for which he was awarded Mahavir Chakra

Posthumously.