10 Facts About Captain Vikram Batra on his birth anniversary
Producer: Nibandh Vinod
September 9 marks the birth anniversary of Captain Vikarm Batra who died in the
Kargil war.
Born on September 9, 1974, in Ghuggar village in Himachal Pradesh, he has a twin brother and two sisters.
In 1996, he enrolled in Dehradun’s Indian Military Academy, where he trained until graduating a year later.
His first posting was with the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles’ 13th battalion.
The same regiment engaged Pakistani troops who infiltrated Indian positions along the Line of Control in Kargil.
Captain Batra’s most difficult mission was the seizure of Point 4875.
He was assigned the codename “Sher Shah" which he lived up to by assuring the triumph of the Indian armed forces.
Apart from Sher Shah, Batra is also known as the “Tiger of Drass,” the “Kargil Hero” and the “Lion of Kargil”.
Despite high fever and tiredness, Captain Batra led the force.
Captain Batra was shot on July 7, 1999 while attempting to save his colleague.
Captain Batra’s biopic Shershaah starred Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani in
the lead role.
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