Vikram Batra | |
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![]() Official military portrait, 1997 | |
Born | Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India | 9 September 1974
Died | 7 July 1999 Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir | (aged 24)
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Years of service | 1997–1999 |
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Service number | IC-57556H |
Unit | 13 Jammu And Kashmir Rifle |
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Captain Vikram Batra , PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops around Area Ledge, Point 4875, in the Kargil district of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir.