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COLONEL MAGOD BASAPPA RAVINDRANATH

Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Vir Chakra , 28-06-1999
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-38662
Rank COLONEL
Unit/Regiments/Corps 2 RAJPUTANA RIFLES
Son Of SHRI MAGOD BASAPPA
Mother's Name SMT.SAROJAMMA BASAPPA
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) BANGALORE,KARNATAKA
War/Operation/Battle Kargil War / Op VIJAY
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Col MB Ravindranath at Dras War Memorial (Source: ssbjcolmbravindranathvrc.blogspot.com)

Profile Photo Col MB Ravindranath (Source: wikipedia)

Another photograph of Col Ravindranath from his visit to Sainik School Bijapur (Source: ssbjcolmbravindranathvrc.blogspot.com)

A photograph of Col MB Ravindranath with his unit. (Source: wikimediacommons

Caption: Col Ravindranath felicitated at Dras War memorial. (Source: ssbjcolmbravindranathvrc.blogspot.com)

Photograph of Col Ravindranath and Brig Khushal Thakur, both of them were part of the Tololing operation. (Source: Twitter)

Col MB Ravindranath visits Sainik School Bijapur (Source: ssbjcolmbravindranathvrc.blogspot.com)

  1. Gandhi, S.S. “Portraits of Valour: India’s Highest Gallantry Awards and Their Recipients”. The Defence Review. (Ed 2006).
  2. Col SC Tyagi, “The Kargil Victory: Battles from Peak to Peak, Speaking Tiger Publication”, New Delhi, 2009
  3. Col. Gurmeet Kanwal, “Heroes of Kargil”, Army Headquarters, New Delhi. (2002)
  4. Lt Gen YM Bammi, “Kargil 1999: The Impregnable Conquered”.
  5. Ballabh, Anand. Insights into Indian Infantry Regiment: A Basic Factbook. Forward Books publication. New Delhi
  6. The War Decorated India & Trust (Accessed on 11 April 2022) https://twdi.in/node/3121
  7. Honourpoint: An Online Memorial for every Indian Soldier https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/col-magod-basappa-ravindranath-vrc/
  8. Kargil War hero dies on way to jog (timesofindia.com) (Accessed on 26 June 2022) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kargil-war-hero-dies-on-way-to-jog/articleshow/63672078.cms
  9. Kargil war hero was big motivator (deccanherald.com) (Accessed on 26 June 2022) https://www.deccanherald.com/content/669818/kargil-war-hero-big-motivator.html
  10. Officer who won back Tololing passes away (tribuneindia.com) (Accessed on 26 June 2022) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/officer-who-won-back-tololing-passes-away-571024
  11. Col Magod Basappa Ravindranath, VrC (One India One People) (Accessed on 26 June 2022) https://oneindiaonepeople.com/col-magod-basappa-ravindranath-vrc/

Col MB Ravindranath addresses the cadets of Sainik School Bijapur (Source: Youtube)

Col MB Ravindranath addresses students of Parikrma Centre for Learning (NGO) on nation building (Source: Youtube)

Kargil War Hero Col Ravindranath passes away (Source: Republic World)

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