Rattan Nath Sharma
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC, was an officer in the Indian Army who served with the Punjab Regiment, and was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. The award was made for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when he displayed exemplary courage and outstanding leadership while commanding the 21st Battalion, Punjab Regiment, in a successful assault on a fortified Pakistani position near the Poonch River in the Jammu and Kashmir sector of the Western Front. He retired from the army in 1977 as a brigadier, after which he was the chief managing director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative. He died in a vehicle accident in December 2011.
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Rattan Nath Sharma
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC, was an officer in the Indian Army who served with the Punjab Regiment, and was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. The award was made for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when he displayed exemplary courage and outstanding leadership while commanding the 21st Battalion, Punjab Regiment, in a successful assault on a fortified Pakistani position near the Poonch River in the Jammu and Kashmir sector of the Western Front. He retired from the army in 1977 as a brigadier, after which he was the chief managing director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative. He died in a vehicle accident in December 2011.
has abstract
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, ...... cle accident in December 2011.
@en
military unit
service end year
service number
service start year
Wikipage page ID
64,205,333
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
982,225,693
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
birth date
1926-11-23
caption
Rattan Nath Sharma
@en
death date
2011-12-24
death place
honorific prefix
honorific-suffix
name
Rattan Nath Sharma
@en
servicenumber
IC-5270
@en
serviceyears
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
comment
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, ...... cle accident in December 2011.
@en
label
Rattan Nath Sharma
@en
sameAs
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Rattan Nath Sharma
@en