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Vikram Batra

Indian army officer, recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1974–1999)

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Vikram Batra: Indian army officer, recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1974–1999)
Vikram Batra was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops around Area Ledge, Point 4875, in the Kargil district of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir.

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