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CAPTAIN CAPTAIN KAPIL SINGH THAPA

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 21-09-1965
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-14682
Rank CAPTAIN
Unit/Regiments/Corps 3 JAT
Son Of Subedar Major D S Thapa
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Dehradun/ Uttranchal
War/Operation/Battle 1965 Indo-Pak War
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3 JAT at Dograi

Indian Flag at Dograi

  1. The Patton wreckers: An account of the actions of 3 cavalry in the battle of Asal Uttar - September, 1965. Khutub A. Hai and Arjun Singh. (2015): Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. New Delhi
  2. Official History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965, History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India: History of the Indo-Pak War, 1965, by B. C. Chakravorty, ed. S. N. Prasad et al., New Delhi 1992
  3. The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce, by Amarinder Singh and T.S. Shergill, New Delhi: Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2015, pp. 528
  4. Indian Army After Independence By Major K.C. Praval, New Delhi : Lancer International, 1990, p 465
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