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Lance Havildar Ram Kumar

Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 03-06-1999
Service Indian Army
Service Number 8031499
Rank Lance Havildar
Unit/Regiments/Corps 18 GRENADIERS
Son Of Charan Singh
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Village Bewawas, Bhiwani, Haryana
War/Operation/Battle Kargil War / OPERATION VIJAY
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  1. Col. Gurmeet Kanwal. Heroes of Kargil. Army Headquarters, New Delhi. (2002)
  2. Lt General (retd) YM Bammi, Kargil 1999: The Impregnable Conquered, Gorkha Publishers, New Delhi (2002)
  3. From Surprise to Reckoning: The Kargil Review Committee Report (2000) Sage Publications, New Delhi
  4. Colonel SC Tyagi, The Kargil Victory: Battles from Peak to Peak. Speaking Tiger publication (2019)
  5. Ballabh, Anand, Insights into Infantry Regiments: A Basic Factbook. Forward Books publications. New Delhi (2013)
  6. Gandhi, S.S. Portraits of Valour: India’s Highest Gallantry Awards and Their Recipients. The Defence Review. (Ed 2006).
  7. Amarinder Singh, “A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999”, Patiala: Motibagh Palace (2001)
  8. The Military Heroes of Haryana. Gallantry Award Winners. Volume 1. Lt Col Dilbag Singh Dabas. (2021) Rolleract Press Services, A84, Naraina Ind. Area Phase-1, New Delhi, India
  9. Peace the best way to solve problems: Lance Havaldar Ram Kumar’s family (Accessed on 15 August 2023) https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/peace-the-best-way-to-solve-problems-lance-havaldar-ram-kumar-s-family/story-5X2DXpyGY63j7S4V4ErDRP.html
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