Bravehearts of West Bengal

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

16 names

• Subedar Nawang Gombu7 Brigade · 1962
• Captain Kanad Bhattacharya, Sena Medal (Posthumous)8th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment · 1999
• Rifleman Arun Kumar Rai, Mention-in-Dispatches1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Sepoy Suresh Chhetri2 Naga · 1999
• Lieutenant Nawang Kapadia, Ashok Chakra (Posthumous)4/3 Gorkha Rifles · 2000
• Captain Suraj Sharma2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) · 2001
• Major P Shyam Sundar, Sena Medal38 Rashtriya Rifles / 10 Madras, The Madras Regiment · 2006
• Havildar Bharat Sasmal, Dag Hammarskjold Medal (Posthumous)9 Mechanised Infantry Battalion · 2013
• Lance Havildar Bhawan Tamang2/11 Gorkha Rifles · 2016
• Rifleman Sunil Rai2/11 Gorkha Rifles · 2016
• Rifleman Jiwan Gurung2/1 Gorkha Rifles · 2019
• Head Constable Bablu Santra, CRPF Medal for Gallantry, Police Medal for Gallantry (Posthumous)35 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Havildar Bipul Roy, Sena Medal81 Mountain Brigade Signal Regiment, Corps of Signals · 2020
• Sepoy Rajesh Orang, Sena Medal16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
• Paratrooper Siddhant Chettri, Mention-in-Despatches (Posthumous)9 Para (Special Forces), The Parachute Regiment · 2023
• Captain Brijesh Thapa, Sena Medal10 Rashtriya Rifles (145 AD Regiment, Corps of Army Air Defence) · 2024