"Ye Dil Maange More"
Everyone of you must have heard this line because it is the advertising slogan of a cold drink named Pepsi, which is famous all over the world, but if anyone truly recognizes this line then it is Captain Vikram Batra Kargil war hero, who had shed the sweat of the Pakistani Army by presenting his unprecedented valor in the 1999 Kargil War. He was so afraid of Vikram Batra's enemies that his enemies used to call him by the name of Sher Shah.
Today we are going to tell you the heroic story of Captain Vikram Batra. Captain Vikram Batra made the supreme sacrifice of his life for the country in the war of Kargil. After the war, he was honored with Paramveer Chakra, the highest honor of the army, bowing to the bravery of Captain Vikram Batra. Let's know the full story of Captain Vikram Batra's martyrdom. Captain Vikram Batra was born on 9 September 1974 in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
"On 16 June, Captain wrote to his twin brother Vishal in a letter from Dras sector - 'Dear Kush, take care of mother and father. Anything can happen here ''.
He started his military life with Indian Army's 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles on 6 December 1997. The incident is of those days when the Kargil war was going on between the Indian Army and the Pakistan Army soldiers who came in disguise of terrorists. Lieutenant Vikram Batra was posted in the Kargil battle area as soon as the commando training was over. On 1 June 1999, Lieutenant Vikram Batra, along with his unit, took up the front against the enemy army.
He selected indian army after being selected in Merchant Navy
Interestingly, Vikram was selected in the Merchant Navy in a Hong Kong shipping company, but he preferred the Army career.
His father Girdhari Lal Batra explains, "Vikram started taking the Army career seriously after participating in the 1994 Republic Day Parade as an NCC cadet. However, he was selected for the Merchant Navy. He was in Chennai Was about to go for training. His train tickets were already booked. "
"But he changed his mind three days before leaving. When his mother asked him why you were doing this, his answer was, money is not everything in life. I want to do something big in life, Something surprising, which has raised the name of my country. In 1995, he passed the IMA examination. "
The picture of Vikram Batra, the hero of that struggle, is still alive in the eyes of Veerchakra conqueror Captain Raghunath Singh, a resident of Gharota, Pathankot, who is one of the bravehearts of bravery on the snowy peaks of Kargil. Vikram Batra also sacrificed his life in order to save the junior partner who was badly injured in the battle. Capt. Raghunath Singh recalls, on 7 July 1999, Captain Vikram Batra got the responsibility to liberate the peak of Point 4875 of the Moscow Valley. During this time he was also with them.While fighting bravely, Captain Batra got the peak liberated. After the mission was completed, Captain Vikram looked upon his junior colleague Lieutenant Naveen, whose feet were badly injured by grenades thrown by the enemy. Captain Batra was carrying Naveen to a safe place on his shoulder. Then Pak soldiers attacked him and a bullet came out piercing his chest. He was soaked in blood, but even after taking the fellow to a safe place, killed five soldiers of the Pak army and killed himself.He proclaimed 'Jai Mata Di' and got to Veeragati.
Captain Vikram Batra was awarded Paramveer Chakra on 15 August 1999 for his indomitable courage and valor.
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