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fire from both flanks. Volleys of grenades were hurled down from enemy bunkers. Company
Havildar Major Piru Singh was then with the forward most Section of the company. Seeing more than half of the Section killed or wounded, he did not lose courage. With battle cries he encouraged the remaining men and rushed forward with great determination onto the nearest enemy MMG position. Grenade splinters ripping his clothes and wounding him at several places, he continued to advance without the least regard for his safety. He was on top of the MMG position wounding the gun crew with Sten gun fire. With complete disregard to his bleeding wounds he made a mad jump on the MMG crew bayoneting them to death, thus silencing the gun. By then he suddenly realized that he was the sole survivor of the section, the rest of them either dead or wounded. Another grenade thrown at him wounded him in the face. With blood dripping from his face wounds in his eyes, he crawled out of the trench, hurling grenades at the next enemy position.
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ammunition had run out. Singh moved out of the trench and lobbed grenades at the next
Pakistani post. Meanwhile, he jumped into another trench, and killed two Pakistani soldiers with his bayonet. Before he was able to move out of the trench, he was hit by a bullet in his head. As he succumbed to his wounds, Singh hurled a grenade into a nearby Pakistani trench.
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advance could continue. Apart from this position, another position was also to be captured by the
Indians. The task of capturing these two positions was assigned to the 6th Rajputana Rifles. Two companies were assigned to the operation, with the battalion's 'C' Company securing the second position after the first was captured by 'D' Company.
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On 11 July, the Indian troops commenced their attack. These strikes continued for another four days. But reports regarding the situation suggested that the
Pakistanis were still in command of a strategically important position and the Indian commanders decided that these had to be captured before the
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lay on either side. This narrow path was overlooked by hidden
Pakistani bunkers that allowed both observation and clear fields of fire for the defending troops. As they advanced, the Indian company was subjected to heavy shelling from the Pakistanis, and within half an hour the company had recorded
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But by the time he captured the position, the rest of his company lay dead or wounded. Singh was left alone to achieve the objective assigned. He advanced towards the second
Pakistani medium machine gun post. At this juncture, he was almost blinded by a grenade that blast at his face. His Sten gun
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During the battle, Singh's section, leading the company, was sheared down to half strength due to heavy casualties. Singh rushed towards a
Pakistani medium machine gun post, which was causing most of the casualties, during which he suffered multiple shrapnel wounds across his body as the Pakistani
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South of
Tithwal, 'D' Company, of which No 2831592 Piru Singh, was Havildar Major was detailed to attack and capture an enemy occupied hill feature. The enemy had well dug in positions and had sited his MMGs so as to cover all possible approaches. As the attack advanced, it was met with heavy MMG
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On 18 July, the 'D' Company launched it first attack at 01:30. The path to the position held by the
Pakistani troops was just 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) wide, and deep
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October 1947, shortly after Singh returned from Japan. In July 1948, Pakistan launched offensive strikes in the Tithwal sector of Jammu and Kashmir, and captured a
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in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. The crude oil tanker named MT "Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, PVC" was delivered to SCI on 12 October 1984. Due to
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defenders began rolling grenades down from the heights. Undeterred, Singh continued to advance adopting the battle cry, "Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai" (
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on single hull tankers, SCI phased out all her fifteen PVC series crude tankers on completion of their economic age of 25 years. A road
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Following tensions between the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan, war broke out over control of the princely state of
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to retreat. In an attempt to reverse the situation, Singh's unit, the 6th Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles, was moved from
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to Tithwal, and was assigned to the 163rd Brigade. The troops took position on the Tithwal bridge.
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called "Shahid Piru Singh Shekhawat Circle" was named after him, in Jhunjhunu, by the
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on 8 July. This forced the Indian troops stationed in the forward positions across
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Piru Singh Shekhawat was enrolled in the 10th Battalion of the
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Piru Singh was born on 20 May 1918, in village Rampura Beri in
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254:(PVC), India's highest military decoration 3245.
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468:Gazette Notification: 8 Pres./52, 16.1.52,
1110:Indian military personnel killed in action
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513:enterprise operating under the aegis of
497:Piru Singh statue at Piru Singh Circle,
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250:non-commissioned officer, awarded the
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595:"Param Vir Chakra winners since 1950"
370:British Commonwealth Occupation Force
271:British Commonwealth Occupation Force
246:(20 May 1918 – 18 July 1948) was an
688:The War Decorated India & Trust
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1095:Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra
340:In March 1941, he was promoted to
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281:, serving with the Indian Army's
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836:Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle
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208:6th Battalion, Rajputna Rifles
102:Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
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507:Shipping Corporation of India
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16:Recipient of Param Vir Chakra
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793:Chakravorty, B.C. (1995),
390:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
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358:company sergeant major
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257:Singh enrolled in the
241:Company Havildar Major
188:Company Havildar Major
26:Company Havildar Major
813:Reddy, Kittu (2007),
684:"CHM Piru Singh, PVC"
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488:National War Memorial
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171:Years of service
1014:Yogendra Singh Yadav
990:Hoshiar Singh Dahiya
739:"Peeru Singh Circle"
515:Ministry of Shipping
283:6th Rajputana Rifles
244:Piru Singh Shekhawat
31:Piru Singh Shekhawat
511:Government of India
335:North-West Frontier
319:1st Punjab Regiment
267:North-West Frontier
263:1st Punjab Regiment
259:British Indian Army
153:British Indian Army
1008:Manoj Kumar Pandey
764:"Piru Singh Chowk"
599:The Times of India
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321:on 20 May 1936 at
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918:Rama Raghoba Rane
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826:978-81-87100-00-3
806:978-81-7023-516-3
673:, pp. 65–66.
523:MARPOL Convention
519:crude oil tankers
484:Param Yodha Sthal
404:Kishanganga River
396:Jammu and Kashmir
364:, he was sent to
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93:(1948-07-18)
91:18 July 1948
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1085:1948 deaths
1080:1918 births
972:Albert Ekka
960:Abdul Hamid
930:Karam Singh
768:Google Maps
743:Google Maps
560:Indian Army
384:War of 1947
248:Indian Army
165:Indian Army
62:20 May 1918
1074:Categories
996:Bana Singh
924:Piru Singh
899:Recipients
786:References
748:26 October
723:26 October
698:23 October
619:Reddy 2007
604:26 October
527:roundabout
327:lance naik
293:Early life
109:Allegiance
58:1918-05-20
570:Citations
546:Footnotes
509:(SCI), a
499:Jhunjhunu
374:partition
303:Rajputana
174:1936–1948
76:Rajasthan
66:Rajputana
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440:Sten gun
354:sergeant
350:havildar
346:corporal
273:. After
139:Service/
436:bayonet
428:English
419:ravines
199:2831592
104:, India
98:Tithwal
1028:(1999)
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