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Personality Paramvir Piru Singh Shekhawat

PIRU SINGH SHEKHAWAT
SHOWED

UNWAVERING

COURAGE UNTIL THE

LAST BREATH

BORN: MAY 20, 1918 | DIED: JULY 18, 1948

Piru Singh recipient of Param Vir Chakra (posthumously) sacrificed his life for the
sake of his country. He sacrificed his life for the sake of his country. During the 1948
war, he displayed extraordinary bravery and valour in destroying Pakistani bunkers,
and his heroic actions significantly contributed to India's victory. Piru Singh's sacrifice
for the country is remembered with great respect and admiration, even after 75
years. Despite the fact that he was martyred at the age of 30, the story of his courage
resonates in the minds of common Indians

iru Singh was born on May 20, 1918, in give up. He moved on to the second bunker. The
PRampura village, Churu district, Rajasthan. remaining Pakistani soldiers, on the other hand,
Piru, the youngest of seven siblings, had always were keeping a close eye on him. They began
been fascinated by the life of a soldier. Even in his throwing grenades at Singh, who was severely
childhood, he liked working in the fields, hunting, injured, his eyes closed, and he began to bleed
and roaming in the forests. He didn't want to study, profusely. Despite this, he threw grenades at
so he dropped out. He joined the army on May the enemy's bunker. After a loud explosion, the
20, 1936, at the age of 18. He also went to Japan Pakistani soldiers were neutralised. Piru Singh's
after World War II to serve with the Commonwealth was martyred as well. Piru Singh received the
Occupational Forces. In 1947, he returned to India Param Vir Chakra posthumously. Every year, his
and joined the Rajputana Rifles. unit, the 6 Rajputana Rifles, commemorates the
When the Pakistani army and Pathan tribesmen 'Battle Honour of Darapari' in his honour.
invaded Kashmir in 1948, Company Havaldar Major Addressing a public meeting in Jaipur on July 7,
Piru Singh was deployed in the Rajputana Rifles 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered
to counter them. Piru Singh displayed unwavering Piru Singh Shekhawat and said, "I bow down to this
bravery during the war. On July 18, his battalion great sacrifice. Today, our country stands tall in
attacked Darapari's pointed ridge. Darapari is front of the world on the back of such sacrifices,
located in Kashmir's Tithwal sector at an elevation bravery, and patriotism." On the occasion of
of 11,481 feet. There was a barrage of bullets as Parakram Diwas on January 23, 2023, Prime
the Indian soldiers advanced. Piru Singh moved Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest
forward, shielding himself from enemy bullets, and unnamed islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands
then attacked the machine-gun wielding soldiers after 21 Param Vir Chakra winners. An island has
with a bayonet. also been named after Piru Singh.
Piru Singh was all alone there, but he refused to

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