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{{short description|Indian Army soldier, recipient of India's highest gallantry award}} | {{short description|Indian Army soldier, recipient of India's highest gallantry award}} | ||
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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
| honorific_prefix = [[Subedar-major|Subedar Major]] and [[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commissions|Honorary Captain]] | | honorific_prefix = [[Subedar-major|Subedar Major]] and [[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commissions|Honorary Captain]] | ||
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| serviceyears = 1969–2000 | | serviceyears = 1969–2000 | ||
| rank = [[File:Captain of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commissions|Honorary Captain]] | | rank = [[File:Captain of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commissions|Honorary Captain]] | ||
| servicenumber = JC−155825<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/bana-singh|title=BANA SINGH | Gallantry Awards|website=Gallantry Awards|accessdate=14 February | | servicenumber = JC−155825<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/bana-singh|title=BANA SINGH | Gallantry Awards|website=Gallantry Awards|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
| unit = [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry#Units|8th Battalion, JKLI]] | | unit = [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry#Units|8th Battalion, JKLI]] | ||
| battles = * [[Siachen conflict|Siachen Conflict]] | | battles = * [[Siachen conflict|Siachen Conflict]] | ||
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| signature = [[File:Bana Singh signature.jpg|150px]] | | signature = [[File:Bana Singh signature.jpg|150px]] | ||
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[[Captain]] '''Bana Singh''' {{Small|[[Param Vir Chakra|PVC]]}} (born 6 January 1949) is an [[India|Indian]] soldier and a recipient of the nation's highest gallantry award, the [[Param Vir Chakra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2014/08/the-hero-of-siachen/?singlepage=1|title=The hero of Siachen|accessdate=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230082927/http://www.tehelka.com/2014/08/the-hero-of-siachen/?singlepage=1|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-demilitarisation-of-siachen-2179255|title=Demilitarisation of Siachen|date=19 February 2016|website=dna|accessdate=14 February | [[Captain]] '''Bana Singh''' {{Small|[[Param Vir Chakra|PVC]]}} (born 6 January 1949) is an [[India|Indian]] soldier and a recipient of the nation's highest gallantry award, the [[Param Vir Chakra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2014/08/the-hero-of-siachen/?singlepage=1|title=The hero of Siachen|accessdate=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230082927/http://www.tehelka.com/2014/08/the-hero-of-siachen/?singlepage=1|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-demilitarisation-of-siachen-2179255|title=Demilitarisation of Siachen|date=19 February 2016|website=dna|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> As a [[Junior commissioned officer|Naib Subedar]] in the [[Indian Army]], he led the team that wrested control of the highest peak on the [[Siachen Glacier]] in [[Kashmir]] from [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani forces]] as part of [[Operation Rajiv]]. Following his success, India renamed the peak (previously designated as ''[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Quaid]] Post'' by the Pakistanis) to ''Bana Post'' in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/don-t-pull-out-troops-from-siachen-says-1987-hero-bana-singh/story-XqpPeQt2GRJNKcmL3TjDKK.html|title=Don’t pull out troops from Siachen, says 1987 hero Bana Singh|date=11 February 2016|website=hindustantimes/|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||