Meet Captain Vikram Batra, the Martyr hero who captured the highest peak throughout Kargil War towards neighbouring nation Pakistan.
The Kargil war is completely imprinted in the minds of Indians in addition to Pakistanis. On July 7 India captured the highest peak of LOC Kargil, Point 4875. With India’s victory, we additionally misplaced a hero. Captain Vikram Batra misplaced his life whereas preventing for his nation.
The Pakistan Army quietly infiltrated into Kargil and captured the space illegally. The Kargil War started to drive off the neighbouring nation’s navy from Indian territory.Â
Captain Vikram Batra had simply accomplished his commando coaching and was again in Palampur to have a good time the competition of Holi along with his household in Himachal Pradesh.
Captain Batra needed to run again to his unit. After a tough battle with the navy of the neighbouring nation, Batra and his unit regained the peak level and hoisted the tricolour. It was throughout the battle to say authority over the now-known ‘Tiger level’ that Vikram Batra misplaced his life.Â
Martyr Captain Vikram Batra was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest honour of gallantry, on August 15, 1999, for his supreme sacrifice and this valour. Meanwhile, his martyred companion Captain Anuj Nayyar was given the second-highest honour of gallantry, the Mahavir Chakra posthumously.
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