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Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, PVC (29 November 1935 – 5 December 1961) was an Indian military officer and member of a United Nations peacekeeping force. Salaria was an alumnus of King George's Royal Indian Military College and the National Defence Academy (NDA).
Budhwanti (mother) Gurbachan Singh (10 December 1930 – 24 April 1980) was the third guru of the Sant Nirankari sect, [1] considered to be heterodox by mainstream Sikhs. [2] He was born in Peshawar (modern-day Pakistan). [3] He was declared next Baba by his father and predecessor Baba Avtar Singh in 1962.
Dec 6, 2023 · Born on November 29, 1935, Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, a trailblazer in India’s military history, earned the Param Vir Chakra posthumously. In the chronicles of military heroism, the saga of Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria unfolds as a chapter marked by audacity and unwavering commitment.
Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria was given the nation’s highest gallantry award, “Param Vir Chakra” for his cold courage, unfaltering leadership and supreme sacrifice. He became the first and the only recipient of this coveted award given to a soldier in an UN operation.
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria was an officer of the Indian Army who was awarded India’s highest gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra (PVC), for his role in a UN operation in 1961, while taking on a heavily armed group of secessionists in the Democratic Republic of Congo and preventing a rebel lead assault on the UN’s Headquarters during which he ...
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria. On 05 December 1961, 3/1 GORKHA RIFLES was ordered to clear a roadblock established by Katangese troops in Elizabethville, Katanga. When Captain Salaria tried to link up with the Gorkha Company to reinforce the roadblock, he met strong enemy opposition.
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria (born 29 November 1935; Gurdaspur, Punjab – 1961) is a military war hero, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime military award.
Dec 6, 2023 · Born on November 29, 1935, Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria, a trailblazer in India's military history, earned the Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria (IC-8497),son ofShri Munshi Ram, was born on November 29, 1935, in village Jangal, Gurdaspur, Punjab. He was commissioned in 1 Gorkha Rifles on June 9, 1957. After the Belgians quit Congo, a civil war situationdevelopedinthatcountry.
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, PVC (born 29 November 1935; Gurdaspur, Punjab– 5 December 1961) is an Indian military war hero, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest wartime military award. In the 1988 television serial Param Vir Chakra by Chetan Anand, Captain G.S. Salaria was played by actor Brando Bakshi.
