Swarnim Vijay Varsh marks golden jubilee of victory against Pakistan Army officials said Singh was given the Vijay Mashaal - a symbolic torch - at a ceremony held in Jaipur as part of India's Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations to mark the golden jubilee of victory against Pakistan in the 1971 war. Capture During battle at Daruchhian, Singh was captured as a PoW "Brig. (retd.) Singh is a third-generation Army officer. Commissioned in the Grenadiers Regiment in December 1962, he fought the 1971 War as a Company Commander with 14 Grenadiers," a senior official said. "During the furious battle at Daruchhian in Jammu and Kashmir, he was severely wounded and captured as a Prisoner of War (PoW)," the Indian Army said in a statement.