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Lieutenant Colonel Shanti Swarup Rana was an Indian military officer, who was commissioned on June 11, 1977, into the 3rd Battalion of the Bihar Regiment. He is a posthumous recipient of Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award.
Lt Col Shanti Swarup Rana, was born on 17 September 1949 in village Badla of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab. Youngest among his four brothers and three sisters, Lt Col Rana had his early education in a Govt School in Rampur, in Hoshiarpur district.
Lieutenant Colonel Shanti Swarup Rana was an Indian military officer, who was commissioned on June 11, 1977 into the 3rd Battalion of the Bihar Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Shanti Swarup Rana was an Indian military officer, who was commissioned on June 11, 1977, into the 3rd Battalion of the Bihar Regiment. He is a posthumous recipient of Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award.
On 02 November 1996, Lt Col Shanti Swarup Rana was entrusted with the task of destroying two terrorist camps in Haphruda forest of Kupwara District in Jammu & Kashmir. Lt Col Rana spotted four well fortified hide outs stocked heavily with arms and ammunition which he destroyed.
Lieutenant Colonel Shanti Swarup Rana was an Indian military officer, who was commissioned on June 11, 1977 into the 3rd Battalion of the Bihar Regiment.
Ministry of Defence invites recommendations twice in a year from the Armed Forces and Union Ministry of Home Affairs for gallantry awards. Recommendations are invited normally in the month of August for the awards to be announced on the occasion of the Republic Day and in the month of March for the awards to be announced on the occasion of the Independence Day.
