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Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC (18 August 1923 – 16 September 1965), was an Indian military officer and posthumous recipient of India's highest military award, the Param Vir Chakra.
Sep 22, 2019 · Lt. Col. Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore of the Poona Horse was awarded the Param Vir Chakra (India’s highest gallantry honour), posthumously, for his heroics and for making the ultimate sacrifice in...
Aug 18, 2022 · Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was conferred with the country's highest gallantry award -- Param Vir Chakra -- for his exemplary leadership quality, courage, valour, indomitable spirit and supreme sacrifice that he displayed during the war with Pakistan in 1965.
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was the Commanding Officer of POONA HORSE Regiment in Sialkot sector during 1965 War. On 11 September 1965, Lieutenant Colonel Tarapore's Regiment was counter attacked by the enemy's heavy armour.
Jan 9, 2024 · Ardeshir Tarapore (18 August 1923 – 16 September 1965), was an officer in the Indian Army and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest award for bravery. Life and Career. Ardeshir Tarapore was born on August 18, 1923, in Mumbai, India. He came from a Parsi family.
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC (born on August 19, 1923 in Mumbai, was a senior officer in the Indian Army. He belonged to the family of General Ratanjiba. General Ratanjiba led the army of Shivaji and was awarded 100 villages of which Tarapore was the main village.
Popularly known as “Adi”, Ardeshir Tarapore was unhappy joining the infantry, as he wanted to join an armored regiment. One day, his battalion was inspected by Major General El Edroos, the Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad state forces.
On 11 September 1965, the Poona Horse Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzarji Tarapore was assigned the task of delivering the main armored thrust for capturing Phillora in the Sialkot Sector in Pakistan.
Oct 12, 2006 · Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was born on 18 August 1923 in Bombay, Maharashtra. He joined the Hyderabad State Force in 1942 and saw active service in West Asia during World War-II. He was commissioned in Poona Horse on 01 April 1951.
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC, was an Indian military officer and posthumous recipient of India's highest military award, the Param Vir Chakra. After completing his schooling in Pune, Tarapore joined the Hyderabad Army, and was commissioned in January 1942.
