Date of Birth
9 September 1974
Balidan Diwas
7 July 1999
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Point 4875, Kargil
State of Origin
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
Unit / Regiment
13 JAK Rifles
Operation
Operation Vijay
War / Conflict
Kargil War 1999
Biography
Captain Vikram Batra, PVC was an officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for his actions during the Kargil War.
Further Reading
Written about Vikram Batra by author Deepak Surana.
The Shershah of Kargil
by Deepak Surana
Author · BiographerBiography · War2017
'Yeh Dil Maange More!' The definitive biography of Captain Vikram Batra, the radio call-sign 'Shershah' who stormed Point 5140 and Point 4875, and laid down his life rescuing a fellow officer in the summer of 1999.
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