Bravehearts of Karnataka

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

20 names

• Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, Maha Vir Chakra1 Squadron, Indian Air Force (The Tigers) · 1965
• Flight Lieutenant R.N. GaneshNo. 20 Squadron · 1971
• Major Ranjit Muthana5 Rajput Regiment · 1987
• Sepoy Muniappan16 Rashtriya Rifles / Army Service Corps · 1996
• Flight Lieutenant Subramaniam Muhilan, Vayu Sena Medal (Posthumous)152 Helicopter Unit · 1999
• Lance Havildar Mallayya Megalamath315 Field Regiment, Artillery Regiment · 1999
• Naik Yeshwanth Durgappa Kolkar, Sena Medal255 Field Regiment, Regiment of Artillery · 1999
• Lance Naik Bharat Maske, Sena Medal17 Rashtriya Rifles (5 Maratha Light Infantry) · 1999
• Major Shafeeq Mahmood Khan Ghori30 Rashtriya Rifles · 2001
• Colonel Vasanth Venugopal, Ashoka Chakra, Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)9 Maratha Light Infantry · 2007
• Major Kumandur Prabhakar Vinay, Kirti Chakra53 Medium Regiment, Regiment of Artillery · 2007
• Major Sunil Ganapathy, Sena Medal666 Army Aviation Squadron, Army Aviation Corps · 2008
• Lance Naik Gururaj S21 Rashtriya Rifles / 17 Guards, The Brigade of Guards · 2009
• Wing Commander Darryl Castelino, Kirti Chakra157 Helicopter Unit · 2013
• Craftsman Bharateshwar Rayappa PadanadCorps of EME (attached to 6 Dogra) · 2015
• Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, Sena Medal (Posthumous)19 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 2016
• Subedar Basappa Patil21 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 2016
• Sepoy Hasansab Khudavand21 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 2016
• Lance Naik Parasarama Khayatannavar20 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 2018
• Captain MV Pranjal, Shaurya Chakra63 Rashtriya Rifles, The Corps of Signals · 2023