Bravehearts of Bihar

29 soldiers and officers from Bihar are remembered on Veergati — sons and daughters of this land who did not come home.

29 names

• Subedar Niranjan Prasad114 Brigade · 1962
• Captain Nirbhay Kumar Singh16 Rajputana Rifles, The Rajputana Rifles · 1989
• Sepoy Gouri Shanker Sah, Kirti Chakra (Posthumous)8 Bihar Battalion, The Bihar Regiment · 1992
• Havildar Binod Kumar Shukla, Shaurya Chakra17 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 1997
• Major Sanjeet Choudhary, Sena Medal (Posthumous)13 Garhwal Rifles (The Garhwal Rifles) · 1997
• Major Braj Kishore Sharma, Kirti Chakra168 Field Regiment, The Regiment of Artillery · 1997
• Naik Rajesh Patel1 Bihar · 1999
• Lance Naik Bidyanand Singh, Sena Medal (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Naik Ganesh Prasad Yadav, Vir Chakra (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Sepoy Hardeo Prasad, Sena Medal (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Sepoy Pramod Kumar, Sena Medal (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Sepoy S S P Gupta, Sena Medal (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Naik Bishuni Rai315 Field Regiment, Artillery Regiment · 1999
• Major Chandra Bhushan Dwivedi, Sena Medal315 Field Regiment, The Regiment of Artillery · 1999
• Naik Mithilesh Pathak4 Rashtriya Rifles / The Bihar Regiment · 1999
• Lieutenant Amit Singh1/9 Gorkha Rifles · 2000
• Captain Somesh Shrivastava15 Engineer Regiment, Corps of Engineers (BRO) · 2001
• Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka ChakraGarud Commando Force · 2017
• Constable Amresh Kumar134th Battalion, BSF · 2018
• Constable Ratan Kumar Thakur, CRPF Medal for Gallantry, Police Medal for Gallantry (Posthumous)92 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Head Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha, CRPF Medal for Gallantry, Police Medal for Gallantry (Posthumous)98 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Lance Naik Mohammad Jawed4 Grenadiers, The Grenadiers Regiment · 2019
• Sepoy Aman Kumar, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Sepoy Chandan Kumar, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Sepoy Jai Kishore Singh, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Sepoy Kundan Kumar, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Havildar Sunil Kumar, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Captain Ashutosh Kumar, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)18 Madras · 2020
• Naik Hare Ram KunwarIndian Army · 2026