Somnath Sharma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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The first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
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Place of Birth: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
About Somnath Sharma
- Major Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), of the Indian Army, was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration.Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942.
- He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign of World War II, for which he was mentioned in despatches.
- Fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948, Somnath Sharma was killed on 3 November 1947 while repulsing Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport; for his gallantry and sacrifice in this battle of Badgam, he was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
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