Manoj Kumar Pandey

Key facts

Born

25 June 1975, Lucknow

Died

3 July 1999, Kargil district

State of birth

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Sector

Defence & security

Profession

Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1975–1999)

Gender

Male

Biography

Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC was an Indian army officer, and a posthumous recipient of India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999. An officer of the first battalion in the 11th Gorkha Rifles, he martyred in battle on the bunker hill edge of the Khalubar Hills in the village of Garkon Aryan Valley in Kargil.

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Timeline

1. 1975Born in Lucknow
2. 1999Awarded the Param Vir Chakra
3. 1999Dies in Kargil district