Manoj kumar pandey biography of mahatma gandhi

Indian Army officer and recipient of Param Vir Chakra

For another person, see Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician).

CaptainManoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999) was an Indian military officer posthumous recipient of India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999.^[2] An officer of the first battalion in the 11th Gorkha Rifles (1/11 GR), he died in battle on the bunker hill edge of the Khalubar Hills in the village of GarkonAryan Valley in Kargil.^[3][4]

Early life

Manoj was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha village, in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family.^[5] He was born to Gopi Chand Pandey, a small-town businessman living in Lucknow, and Mohini.^[6] He was the eldest child, and was educated at Uttar Pradesh Sainik School, Lucknow and Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School.

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