Bravehearts of Tamil Nadu

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

24 names

• Major S Bashyam9 Punjab, The Punjab Regiment · 1962
• Major GHD Dulip Singh, Sena Medal8 Engineer Regiment, The Corps of Engineers · 1987
• Major Kamal Kalia, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)11 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 1993
• Naik V Kannalan Kennady, Kirti Chakra (Posthumous)25 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 1993
• Naib Subedar Duraisamy Stanislass17 Engineer Regiment, The Corps of Engineers · 1994
• Major John Soundra Pandian, Shaurya Chakra19 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 1996
• Major M Saravanan, Vir Chakra (Posthumous)1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
• Lieutenant Colonel Natraj Vijay Raghavan, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal, Videsh Seva Medal15 Kumaon · 1999
• Sapper J Suresh Kumar18 Engineering Regiment, Corps of Engineers · 2005
• Havildar Raviselvan P18 Engineering Regiment, Corps of Engineers · 2005
• Lieutenant Natarajan Parthiban, Kirti Chakra5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry · 2006
• Naik Selva Kumar P, Sena Medal1 Para (SF) · 2010
• Flight Lieutenant Krishnamoorthy Praveen, Shaurya Chakra157 HU AF · 2013
• Major Mukund Varadarajan, Ashoka Chakra44 Rashtriya Rifles · 2014
• Lieutenant Colonel E.K. Niranjan, Shaurya ChakraMadras Engineers Group · 2016
• Sepoy Elaverson B51 Rashtriya Rifles · 2017
• Sepoy Ilayaraja P, Sena Medal1 Rashtriya Rifles / 19 Mahar, The Mahar Regiment · 2017
• Sepoy Shashi Balaji725 AD, Army Service Corps · 2017
• Wing Commander Jaipaul JamesAir Force Station Jorhat · 2018
• Constable Sivachandran C, CRPF Medal for Gallantry, Police Medal for Gallantry (Posthumous)45 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Constable Subramaniam G, CRPF Medal for Gallantry98 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Havildar K Palani, Vir Chakra16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Rifleman Lakshmanan D11 Rajputana Rifles · 2022
• Subedar K ThangapandiThe Corps of EME · 2024