A tribute to Major Hoshiar Singh, Param Vir from 3 Grenadiers: The Tribune begins a series on gallantry award winners of 1971 India-Pak War
8771 Lt Col Dilbag Singh Dabas (Retd) Col Hoshiar Singh, PVC, undoubtedly, is a shining jewel in 3rd Grenadiers’ crown but old-timers from 2nd Jat Battalion too claim him as theirs, and rightly so; they fondly refer to him as “Mhara Hoshiare”. Maj Hoshiar Singh being awarded the Param Vir Chakra by President VV Giri. Son of Ch Hira Singh Dahiya, Hoshiar Singh was born on May 5, 1936, at Sisana village in Rohtak district of undivided Punjab. Sisana is now in Sonepat. After matriculation from Jat Heroes Memorial High School, Rohtak, and first year at Jat College, also in Rohtak, he was en...
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